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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.


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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-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886 Third Party 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 
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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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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
Source:
MITRE