UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2325

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2325

    Published: 1 Apr 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-2325

    Summary:

    Details: The compile_branch function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash), or possibly have other unspecified impact via a regular expression with a group containing a forward reference repeated a large number of times within a repeated outer group that has a zero minimum quantifier.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2325, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2694-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2943-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2325

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pcre3

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/pcre3@1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1

    Affected versions

    1:8.31-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High