Philip Hazel PCRE 8.35/8.36/8.37 match memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Philip Hazel PCRE 8.35/8.36/8.37. This issue affects the function Match. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2015-3217. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Philip Hazel PCRE 8.35/8.36/8.37 (Programming Tool Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects the function match. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 06/03/2015 by Wen Guanxing as not defined mailinglist post (oss-sec). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-3217 since 04/10/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (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 157182 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for pcre (ELSA-2016-1025)).

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 (103582), Tenable (84011), SecurityFocus (BID 75018†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52238†). Similar entries are available at VDB-75660, VDB-79381, VDB-79382 and VDB-79384. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 84011
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : pcre -- multiple vulnerabilities (e69af246-0ae2-11e5-90e4-d050996490d0)
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OpenVAS ID: 861323
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for pcre CESA-2016:1025 centos7
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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04/10/2015 🔍
06/03/2015 +54 days 🔍
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06/04/2015 +1 days 🔍
08/20/2015 +77 days 🔍
12/13/2016 +481 days 🔍
05/20/2022 +1984 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2016:1132
Researcher: Wen Guanxing
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-3217 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-3217
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-75695
X-Force: 103582 - PCRE match() buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 75018 - PCRE 'match()' Function Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 52238 - PCRE \x27match()\x27 Function Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - CVE-2015-3217, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/04/2015 10:34
Updated: 05/20/2022 03:51
Changes: 06/04/2015 10:34 (65), 10/24/2017 09:46 (10), 05/20/2022 03:35 (4), 05/20/2022 03:42 (12), 05/20/2022 03:51 (1)
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