SB2017071138 - Denial of service in PCRE
Published: July 11, 2017 Updated: August 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017071138
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Uncontrolled Recursion (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11164)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion when processing regular expressions in the match function in pcre_exec.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.