Amazon Linux AMI update for pcre

1) Heap-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU33291

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8964

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.36 and earlier. A remote attacker can use a crafted regular expression to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    pcre-devel-8.21-7.7.amzn1.i686
    pcre-debuginfo-8.21-7.7.amzn1.i686
    pcre-static-8.21-7.7.amzn1.i686
    pcre-tools-8.21-7.7.amzn1.i686
    pcre-8.21-7.7.amzn1.i686

src:
    pcre-8.21-7.7.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    pcre-static-8.21-7.7.amzn1.x86_64
    pcre-8.21-7.7.amzn1.x86_64
    pcre-debuginfo-8.21-7.7.amzn1.x86_64
    pcre-devel-8.21-7.7.amzn1.x86_64
    pcre-tools-8.21-7.7.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:amazon_web_services:amazon_linux_ami:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2015-528.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.