Buffer overflow in PCRE - CVE-2015-8383

Vulnerability identifier: #VU87878

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8383

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to PCRE mishandles certain repeated conditional groups. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have an unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression.

PCRE
IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (GKLM)
IBM Intelligent Operations Center
WebSphere Remote Server
IBM Security Verify Governance
IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
Db2 Big SQL
IBM OpenPages with Watson
dashDB Local
Storage Protect Server
Fedora
IBM Cloud Pak System
pcre
IBM DB2 LUW

Install updates from vendor's website.

PCRE - update to 8.38
Db2 Big SQL - update to 7.6.2
dashDB Local - update to 11.5.9.0
IBM Cloud Pak System - addressed in versions 2.3.4.1, 2.3.5.0
IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager - update to 6.2.0.5.4
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.15
Storage Protect Server - update to 8.1.22
pcre - update to 8.38-1.fc22
IBM DB2 LUW - addressed in versions 10.5 FP11, 11.1.4 FP7, 11.5.0, 11.5.8

• http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1
• https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html
• https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Storage Protect Server
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Application Performance Management
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM OpenPages with Watson
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Db2
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Remote Server
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Intelligent Operations Center (IOC)
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Security Verify Governance
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak System
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM dashDB Local
• Fedora 22 update for pcre
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Big SQL on IBM Cloud Pak for Data