Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 does not properly compute the length of (1) a \p sequence, (2) a \P sequence, or (3) a \P{x} sequence, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or crash) or execute arbitrary code.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DSA |
DSA-1399-1 | New pcre3 packages fix arbitrary code execution |
Debian DSA |
DSA-1570-1 | New kazehakase packages fix execution of arbitrary code |
EUVD |
EUVD-2007-4748 | Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 does not properly compute the length of (1) a \p sequence, (2) a \P sequence, or (3) a \P{x} sequence, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or crash) or execute arbitrary code. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-547-1 | PCRE vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
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References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T15:08:33.849Z
Reserved: 2007-09-10T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2007-4767
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2007-11-07T23:46:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2007-4767
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN