| Name | CVE-2015-5073 |
| Description | Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis. |
| 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 | 790000 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| pcre3 | source | jessie | 2:8.35-3.3+deb8u1 | | | |
| pcre3 | source | (unstable) | 2:8.35-7 | | | 790000 |
Notes
[wheezy] - pcre3 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - pcre3 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1651
Fixed by: http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1571 (8.38)
Introduced in http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=454 (8.00)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/1