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| Entered | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2008-12-07 | php -- multiple vulnerabilities |
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| Type | Candidate |
| Name | CVE-2008-2371 |
| Phase | Assigned(20080521) |
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.
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