| Name | CVE-2016-1283 |
| Description | The pcre_compile2 function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.38 mishandles the /((?:F?+(?:^(?(R)a+\"){99}-))(?J)(?'R'(?'R'<((?'RR'(?'R'\){97)?J)?J)(?'R'(?'R'\){99|(:(?|(?'R')(\k'R')|((?'R')))H'R'R)(H'R))))))/ pattern and related patterns with named subgroups, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 809706 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pcre2 (PTS) | buster | 10.32-5 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 10.32-5+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 10.36-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 10.42-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 10.42-4 | fixed |
| pcre3 (PTS) | buster | 2:8.39-12 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2:8.39-13 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 2:8.39-15 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| pcre2 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| pcre3 | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| pcre3 | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| pcre3 | source | jessie | 2:8.35-3.3+deb8u3 | | | |
| pcre3 | source | (unstable) | 2:8.38-3.1 | | | 809706 |
Notes
[wheezy] - pcre3 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[squeeze] - pcre3 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Introduced after http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1361
- pcre2 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1767
Upstream fix: http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1636