VDB-79388 · CVE-2015-8392 · Nessus 89641

PCRE up to 8.37 Regex Pattern memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in PCRE up to 8.37. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation with the input (?| as part of Regex Pattern leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-8392. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PCRE up to 8.37 (Programming Tool Software). It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with the input value (?| 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. CVE summarizes:

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain instances of the (?| substring, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unintended recursion and buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, a related issue to CVE-2015-8384 and CVE-2015-8395.

The weakness was presented 12/02/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at openwall.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-8392 since 12/01/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/28/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 89641 (Fedora 22 : mingw-pcre-8.38-1.fc22 (2016-f59a8ff5d0)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124724 (Fedora Security Update for mingw-pcre (FEDORA-2016-f59a8ff5d0)).

Upgrading to version 8.38 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (89641). See VDB-79371, VDB-79376, VDB-79377 and VDB-79379 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Programming Tool Software

Name

PCRE

Version

License

open-source

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Nessus ID: 89641
Nessus Name: Fedora 22 : mingw-pcre-8.38-1.fc22 (2016-f59a8ff5d0)
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OpenVAS ID: 841810
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for pcre3 USN-2943-1
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PCRE 8.38

Timelineinfo

12/01/2015 🔍
12/01/2015 +0 days 🔍
12/02/2015 +1 days 🔍
12/03/2015 +1 days 🔍
02/16/2016 +75 days 🔍
03/04/2016 +17 days 🔍
06/28/2022 +2307 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: FEDORA-2016-f59a8ff5d0
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-8392 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-8392
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79388
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/03/2015 09:44
Updated: 06/28/2022 12:02
Changes: 12/03/2015 09:44 (42), 04/22/2018 13:27 (25), 06/28/2022 11:55 (2), 06/28/2022 12:02 (1)
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