PCRE \Q\E regular expressions code execution
| pcre-regex-code-execution (38272) |  High Risk |
Description:
The PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) library could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper handling of "\Q\E" sequences containing orphaned "\E" codes. By passing specially-crafted data to an application linked to the vulnerable library, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the application.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.11
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.5.2
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.11
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.5.2
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.04
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.10
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
- Debian, Debian Linux 4.0
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 2.0
- Novell, Linux Desktop 9
- Novell, Linux Desktop 9 SDK
- Novell, Linux POS 9
- Novell, Open Enterprise Server
- Novell, Open Enterprise Server
- Novell, OpenSUSE 10.2
- Novell, OpenSUSE 10.3
- Novell, SLE SDK 10 SP1
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
- Novell, UnitedLinux 1.0
- Philip Hazel, PCRE 7.3 and prior
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5
- SuSE, Linux Enterprise Server 8
- SuSE, SLE SDK 10
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.0
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.1
- SuSE, SuSE Linux OpenExchange Server 4
- SuSE, SuSE Linux Retail Solution 8
- SuSE, SuSE Linux School Server
- SuSE, SuSE Linux Standard Server 8
- SuSE, SuSE SLES 9
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of PCRE (7.4 or later), available from the PCRE Web site. See References.
For Mac OS X:
Apply Security Update 2008-002, available from the Apple Web site. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Apple Web site, About Security Update 2007-009 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179.
- Apple Web site, About Security Update 2007-009 v1.1 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307224.
- Apple Web site, About Security Update 2008-002 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Dec 17 2007 - 15:47:29 CST, Apple OS X Software Update Remote Command Execution at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-12/0217.html.
- PCRE Web site, PCRE - Perl Compatible Regular Expressions at http://www.pcre.org/.
- ASA-2007-505: PCRE security update (RHSA-2007-1068)
- BID-26346: PCRE Regular Expression Library Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-1659: Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via regex patterns containing unmatched \Q\E sequences with orphan \E codes.
- DSA-1399: pcre3 -- several vulnerabilities
- DSA-1570: kazehakase -- various
- GLSA-200711-30: PCRE: Multiple vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200801-02: R: Multiple vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200801-18: Kazehakase: Multiple vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200801-19: GOffice: Multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2007:211: Updated pcre packages fix vulnerability
- MDKSA-2007:212: Updated pcre packages fix vulnerability
- MDVSA-2008:030: Updated pcre packages fix vulnerability
- RHSA-2007-0967: Critical: pcre security update
- RHSA-2007-1068: Important: pcre security update
- SA27543: PCRE Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA28041: Avaya Products PCRE Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA28136: Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA28414: R PCRE Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA29420: Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA30155: Chicken PCRE Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1018895: PCRE Regex Processing Bugs May Let Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SUSE-SA:2007:062: pcre security problems
- SUSE-SA:2008:004: php5 php4 Security Problems
- SUSE-SR:2007:025: SUSE Security Summary Report
- USN-547-1: PCRE vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-3725: PCRE Regular Expression Handling Code Execution and Denial of Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-3790: GLib Security Update Fixes PCRE Code Execution and Denial of Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-4238: Apple Mac OS X Code Execution and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-0924: Apple Mac OS X Command Execution and Security Bypass Issues
Reported:
Nov 05, 2007
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