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CVE-2015-5073 Detail

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  12/13/2016

Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.1 CRITICAL
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.2
Exploitability Score: 3.9

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.4 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 4.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?revision=1609&view=markup Vendor Advisory
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1571 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/1 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/3 Mailing List
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75430 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033154 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1651 Exploit
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-5073
NVD Published Date:
12/13/2016
NVD Last Modified:
05/17/2018