| Name | CVE-2017-6004 |
| Description | The compile_bracket_matchingpath function in pcre_jit_compile.c in PCRE through 8.x before revision 1680 (e.g., the PHP 7.1.1 bundled version) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted regular expression. |
| 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 | 855405 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pcre3 (PTS) | bullseye | 2:8.39-13 | fixed |
| 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 | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| pcre3 | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| pcre3 | source | (unstable) | 2:8.39-2.1 | | | 855405 |
Notes
[jessie] - pcre3 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[wheezy] - pcre3 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/pcre_jit_compile.c?r1=1676&r2=1680&view=patch
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035