CVE-2008-2371

Name	CVE-2008-2371
Description	Heap-based buffer overflow in pcre_compile.c in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library 7.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that begins with an option and contains multiple branches.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-1602-1, DTSA-145-1
Debian Bugs	488919

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
pcre3 (PTS)	jessie	2:8.35-3.3+deb8u4	fixed
	stretch	2:8.39-3	fixed
	buster	2:8.39-12	fixed
	bullseye	2:8.39-13	fixed
	bookworm	2:8.39-15	fixed
	sid	2:8.39-15.1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
pcre3	source	etch	6.7+7.4-4		DSA-1602-1
pcre3	source	lenny	7.4-1+lenny2		DTSA-145-1
pcre3	source	(unstable)	7.6-2.1	medium		488919