CVE-2015-2328

Public Exploit

Description

PCRE before 8.36 mishandles the /((?(R)a|(?1)))+/ pattern and related patterns with certain recursion, 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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.78% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html third party advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74924 vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html vendor advisory
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-VD-15-014/ third party advisory
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-17252 third party advisory
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1515 exploit
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-2328?
CVE-2015-2328 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-2328?
To fix CVE-2015-2328, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-2328 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-2328 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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