| Name | CVE-2014-9769 |
| Description | pcre_jit_compile.c in PCRE 8.35 does not properly use table jumps to optimize nested alternatives, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by packets encountered by Suricata during use of a regular expression in an Emerging Threats Open ruleset. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 819050 |
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 | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| pcre3 | source | jessie | 2:8.35-3.3+deb8u4 | | | |
| pcre3 | source | (unstable) | 2:8.38-1 | | | 819050 |
Notes
[wheezy] - pcre3 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Upstream fix: http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1475 (8.36)
Introduced in: http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1434 (8.35)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/26/1