PT-2017-17605 · Pcre+2 · Pcre+2

Agostino Sarubbo · Published 2017-03-23 · Updated 2021-11-10 · CVE-2017-7244

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PCRE version 8.40

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically an invalid memory read, via a crafted file. This is due to a problem in the pcre32 xclass function in pcre xclass.c in libpcre1.

Recommendations For PCRE version 8.40, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as using a crafted file can lead to a denial of service.

Fix

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1815

CVE-2017-7244

MGASA-2017-0454

SUSE-SU-2021:3652-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Pcre

Suse

References · 36

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7244 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7244 · Security Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7244 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7244 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7244 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-25 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/ESZV6GLV63XBXTZQOAJPOWLRIG35TEV7 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/XEYMUTVQAMYFGYH7ZE6RJD34GJMBZRMS · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7244 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2021:3652-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7244 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0454 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0454.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-7244 · Vendor Advisory