CVE-2015-2305
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-190
Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Publication date:
30/03/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025
Description
Integer overflow in the regcomp implementation in the Henry Spencer BSD regex library (aka rxspencer) alpha3.8.g5 on 32-bit platforms, as used in NetBSD through 6.1.5 and other products, might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large regular expression that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:rxspencer_project:rxspencer:3.8.g5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.4.0 (including) | 5.4.39 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.5.0 (including) | 5.5.23 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.6.0 (including) | 5.6.7 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://blog.clamav.net/2015/04/clamav-0987-has-been-released.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00024.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143403519711434&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143403519711434&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/07/14
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/11/8
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1053.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3195
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/695940
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72611
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031947
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2572-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2594-1
- https://guidovranken.wordpress.com/2015/02/04/full-disclosure-heap-overflow-in-h-spencers-regex-library-on-32-bit-systems/
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267
- http://blog.clamav.net/2015/04/clamav-0987-has-been-released.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00024.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143403519711434&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143403519711434&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/07/14
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/11/8
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1053.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3195
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/695940
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72611
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031947
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2572-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2594-1
- https://guidovranken.wordpress.com/2015/02/04/full-disclosure-heap-overflow-in-h-spencers-regex-library-on-32-bit-systems/
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267



