Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20153217000
Revision Date:2016-12-13Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-3217 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
Description:PCRE 7.8 and 8.32 through 8.37, and PCRE2 10.10 mishandle group empty matches, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?:(?(1)\\.|([^\\\\W_])?)+)+$/.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-3217
Platform(s):Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed.
  • AND While related to the CVE in some way, the 'pcre3' package in precise is not affected.
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