UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9229

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9229

    Published: 24 May 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-9229

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in Oniguruma 6.2.0, as used in Oniguruma-mod in Ruby through 2.4.1 and mbstring in PHP through 7.1.5. A SIGSEGV occurs in left_adjust_char_head() during regular expression compilation. Invalid handling of reg->dmax in forward_search_range() could result in an invalid pointer dereference, normally as an immediate denial-of-service condition.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9229, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3382-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3382-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9229

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libonig

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.9.1-1ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    5.9.1-1
    5.9.1-1ubuntu1

    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
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