Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-7244 - Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Pcre 8.40

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
pcre
CWE-125
nessus

Summary

The _pcre32_xclass function in pcre_xclass.c in libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read) via a crafted file.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Pcre
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Overread Buffers
    An adversary attacks a target by providing input that causes an application to read beyond the boundary of a defined buffer. This typically occurs when a value influencing where to start or stop reading is set to reflect positions outside of the valid memory location of the buffer. This type of attack may result in exposure of sensitive information, a system crash, or arbitrary code execution.

Nessus

  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201710-25.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201710-25 (PCRE: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in The PCRE Library. Please review the references below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition or other unspecified impacts via a specially crafted file. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id104068
    published2017-10-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/104068
    titleGLSA-201710-25 : PCRE: Multiple vulnerabilities
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201710-25.
    #
    # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
    # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
    # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(104068);
      script_version("$Revision: 3.2 $");
      script_cvs_date("$Date: 2018/01/26 17:15:58 $");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2017-7186", "CVE-2017-7244", "CVE-2017-7245", "CVE-2017-7246");
      script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201710-25");
    
      script_name(english:"GLSA-201710-25 : PCRE: Multiple vulnerabilities");
      script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:
    "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
    patches."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201710-25
    (PCRE: Multiple vulnerabilities)
    
        Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in The PCRE Library.
          Please review the references below for details.
      
    Impact :
    
        A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition or
          other unspecified impacts via a specially crafted file.
      
    Workaround :
    
        There is no known workaround at this time."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-25"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:
    "All PCRE users should upgrade to the latest version:
          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/libpcre-8.41'
        Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools
          such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libpcre");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/10/23");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/10/23");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("qpkg.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (qpkg_check(package:"dev-libs/libpcre", unaffected:make_list("ge 8.41"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 8.41"))) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = qpkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "PCRE");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2018-3238D4DA59.NASL
    description - update to 2.56.x Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2019-01-03
    plugin id120337
    published2019-01-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/120337
    titleFedora 28 : mingw-glib2 / mingw-glibmm24 (2018-3238d4da59)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2018-3238d4da59.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(120337);
      script_version("1.4");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2017-11164", "CVE-2017-7186", "CVE-2017-7244");
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2018-3238d4da59");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 28 : mingw-glib2 / mingw-glibmm24 (2018-3238d4da59)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "  - update to 2.56.x
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
    Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as
    possible without introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-3238d4da59"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected mingw-glib2 and / or mingw-glibmm24 packages."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mingw-glib2");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mingw-glibmm24");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:28");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/03/20");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/08/11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/01/03");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! preg(pattern:"^28([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 28", "Fedora " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC28", reference:"mingw-glib2-2.56.1-1.fc28")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC28", reference:"mingw-glibmm24-2.56.0-1.fc28")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
        extra      : rpm_report_get()
      );
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mingw-glib2 / mingw-glibmm24");
    }
    

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2018:2486