CVE-2008-0172

Description (CNA)

The get_repeat_type function in basic_regex_creator.hpp in the Boost regex library (aka Boost.Regex) in Boost 1.33 and 1.34 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and crash) via an invalid regular expression.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0063
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48099
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0249
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27325
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28860
• http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/42745
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28943
• http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/42674
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2143
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00760.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28511
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488102/100/0/threaded
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28705
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28545
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200802-08.xml
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28527
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-570-1
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29323
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205955
• http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:032

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