617942 – (CVE-2017-8786) <dev-libs/libpcre2-10.30: pcre2test.c heap-based buffer overflow

Bug 617942 (CVE-2017-8786) - <dev-libs/libpcre2-10.30: pcre2test.c heap-based buffer overflow

Summary: <dev-libs/libpcre2-10.30: pcre2test.c heap-based buffer overflow

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	CVE-2017-8786

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

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Whiteboard:	B2 [glsa cve]
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Depends on:	CVE-2017-8399
Blocks:
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Reported:	2017-05-09 07:46 UTC by GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot
Modified:	2017-10-08 14:43 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2017-05-09 07:46:36 UTC

CVE-2017-8786 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8786):
  pcre2test.c in PCRE2 10.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
  service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other
  impact via a crafted regular expression.

Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2017-05-09 18:27:22 UTC

documented at https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/29/libpcre-heap-based-buffer-overflow-write-in-pcre2test-c/

I guess it is A2 instead of C3

Comment 2 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-06-04 00:16:43 UTC

Upstream patch: https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2/code/trunk/src/pcre2test.c?r1=692&r2=697

Comment 3 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-08-18 16:05:50 UTC

Fixed in >=dev-libs/libpcre2-10.30, stabilization will happen in bug 617944.

Comment 4 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2017-10-08 14:43:33 UTC

This issue was resolved and addressed in
 GLSA 201710-09 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-09
by GLSA coordinator Aaron Bauman (b-man).