UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8393

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8393

    Published: 1 Dec 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8393
    Aliases:
    USN-2943-1

    Summary:

    Details: pcregrep in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the -q option for binary files, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted file, as demonstrated by a CGI script that sends stdout data to a client.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8393, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1, http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2943-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8393

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pcre3

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

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

    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