Uncontrolled Recursion in PCRE - CVE-2017-11164
Published: August 3, 2020 / Updated: August 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33138
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11164
CWE-ID: CWE-674
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
PCRE
PCRE
Software vendor:
PCRE
PCRE
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion when processing regular expressions in the match function in pcre_exec.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.