CVE - CVE-2014-9769

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-9769	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
pcre_jit_compile.c in PCRE 8.35 does not properly use table jumps to optimize nested alternatives, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by packets encountered by Suricata during use of a regular expression in an Emerging Threats Open ruleset.
References
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BID:85570 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85570 CONFIRM:http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1475 CONFIRM:https://bugs.debian.org/819050 CONFIRM:https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/1693 MLIST:[oss-security] 20160326 CVE Request: pcre: Segmentation fault on certain input to regular expressions with nested alternatives when JIT is used URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/26/1 SECTRACK:1035424 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035424
Assigning CNA
Debian GNU/Linux
Date Record Created
20160328	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160328)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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