CVE-2017-11164 Denial of service in n/a
A crafted regular expression can cause stack exhaustion in the PCRE library, leading to a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-11164?
CVE-2017-11164 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In PCRE 8.41, the OP_KETRMAX feature in the match function in pcre_exec.c allows stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) when processing a crafted regular expression.
Weakness: CWE-674
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-11164?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pcre Pcre.
How do I fix CVE-2017-11164?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-11164 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11164 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-11164, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11164, GHSA-5457-7wx3-gf7j, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11164.