PCRE library: Denial of service

PCRE library: Denial of service A vulnerability in PCRE library allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition. PCRE 2017-06-06 2017-06-06 609592 remote 8.40-r1 8.40-r1

PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl 5.

It was found that the compile_bracket_matchingpath function in pcre_jit_compile.c in PCRE library is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read.

A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition via a special crafted regular expression.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All PCRE library users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libpcre-8.40-r1"

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