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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-0172 Detail

Description

The get_repeat_type function in basic_regex_creator.hpp in the Boost regex library (aka Boost.Regex) in Boost 1.33 and 1.34 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and crash) via an invalid regular expression.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (05/12/2008)

This issue did not affect the version of boost as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-0172 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205955 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28511 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28527 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28545 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28705 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28860 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28943 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29323 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/48099 CVE, MITRE
http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/42674 CVE, MITRE
http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/42745 CVE, MITRE
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0063 CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200802-08.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:032 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488102/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27325 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-570-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0249 CVE, MITRE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2143 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00760.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-0172
NVD Published Date:
01/17/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE