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CVE-2015-2305

Date: March 30, 2015

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.6

Related Resources (26)

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031947

Url: https://guidovranken.wordpress.com/2015/02/04/full-disclosure-heap-overflow-in-h-spencers-regex-library-on-32-bit-systems/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2305

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1053.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72611

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT205267

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00026.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-2305

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00002.html

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/11/8

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/07/14

Url: http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3195

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2305

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00024.html

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143403519711434&w=2

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00005.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2572-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2594-1

Url: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/695940

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2305

Url: http://blog.clamav.net/2015/04/clamav-0987-has-been-released.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-2305

Severity Score

5.6

Weakness Type (CWE)

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CWE-190

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.6
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2015-2305

Date: March 30, 2015

Language: C

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