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>> PCRE "pcre_compile.c" Patterns Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : PCRE "pcre_compile.c" Patterns Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2005
CVE ID : CVE-2008-2371
CWE ID : CWE-119
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-07-07
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A vulnerability has been identified in PCRE, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the "pcre_compile.c" when an option is specified at the start of a pattern containing multiple branches, which could be exploited to crash an affected application or compromise a vulnerable system.
Affected Products
PCRE version 7.7 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2005
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228091
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Tavis Ormandy.
ChangeLog
2008-07-07 : Initial release
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