CVE-2015-2327

high

Description

PCRE before 8.36 mishandles the /(((a\2)|(a*)\g<-1>))*/ pattern and related patterns with certain internal recursive back references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html

http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-VD-15-010/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-12-02

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High