FKIE_CVE-2015-8393

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-12-02 01:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:34
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
pcregrep in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the -q option for binary files, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted file, as demonstrated by a CGI script that sends stdout data to a client.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markupRelease Notes
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markupRelease Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pcre perl_compatible_regular_expression_library *
fedoraproject fedora 22
php php *
php php *
php php *
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