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CVE-2005-4872

Published Dec 31, 2005 pcre CWE-119

Overview

CVE-2005-4872 is a known-severity vulnerability affecting pcre pcre. It was published on December 31, 2005.

Technical Description

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.2 does not properly count the number of named capturing subpatterns, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a regular expression with a large number of named subpatterns, which triggers a buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue was originally subsumed by CVE-2006-7224, but that CVE has been REJECTED and split.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from pcre. Update pcre to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor Product Versions Status
pcre pcre 0 Affected

References

Ref lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html Ref scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2007-006.html Ref secunia.com/advisories/27582 Ref secunia.com/advisories/27773 Ref secunia.com/advisories/27869 Ref secunia.com/advisories/28658 Ref support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-493.htm Ref www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030 Ref www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.html Ref www.pcre.org/changelog.txt

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2005-4872?

CVE-2005-4872 is a known-severity vulnerability affecting pcre pcre. It was published on December 31, 2005.

How severe is CVE-2005-4872?

CVSS score information is not yet available for this vulnerability. Check back as the CVE record is updated by NVD analysts.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2005-4872?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from pcre. Update pcre to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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