Philip Hazel PCRE 8.36 Regex memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Philip Hazel PCRE 8.36 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Regex Handler. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-3210. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Philip Hazel PCRE 8.36 (Programming Tool Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code of the component Regex Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 06/01/2015 by Wen Guanxing with VenusTech as not defined mailinglist post (oss-sec). The advisory is shared for download at seclists.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-3210 since 04/10/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 05/20/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84011 (FreeBSD : pcre -- multiple vulnerabilities (e69af246-0ae2-11e5-90e4-d050996490d0)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196440 (Ubuntu Security Notification for pcre3 vulnerabilities (USN-2943-1)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (103511), Tenable (84011), SecurityFocus (BID 74934†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52237†). Similar entries are available at VDB-75695, VDB-79370, VDB-79371 and VDB-79376. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.1

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 84011
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : pcre -- multiple vulnerabilities (e69af246-0ae2-11e5-90e4-d050996490d0)
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OpenVAS ID: 63205
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for pcre FEDORA-2015-11027
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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04/10/2015 🔍
06/01/2015 +52 days 🔍
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06/02/2015 +1 days 🔍
06/08/2015 +6 days 🔍
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08/20/2015 +73 days 🔍
12/13/2016 +481 days 🔍
05/20/2022 +1983 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2016:1132
Researcher: Wen Guanxing
Organization: VenusTech
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-3210 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-3210
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-75660
X-Force: 103511 - PCRE regular expression buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 74934 - PCRE 'compile_regex()' Function Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 52237 - PCRE \x27compile_regex()\x27 Function Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - CVE-2015-3210, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/02/2015 10:33
Updated: 05/20/2022 00:08
Changes: 06/02/2015 10:33 (65), 10/24/2017 09:46 (11), 05/19/2022 23:48 (4), 05/20/2022 00:00 (11), 05/20/2022 00:08 (1)
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