CVE-2008-0171

Boost.Regex 1.33-1.34 - Denial of Service via Invalid Regular Expression

Title source: llm

Description

regex/v4/perl_matcher_non_recursive.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 (failed assertion and crash) via an invalid regular expression.

References (21)

Core 21

Core References

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0063

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/48099

Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0249

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27325

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/28860

Exploit x_refsource_confirm

http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/42745

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/28943

Exploit x_refsource_confirm

http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/42674

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2143

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00760.html

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/28511

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488102/100/0/threaded

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/28705

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/28545

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200802-08.xml

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/28527

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-570-1

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/29323

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205955

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva

http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:032

Scores

EPSS 0.0269

EPSS Percentile 84.1%

Details

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Products (3)

boost/boost 1.33

boost/boost 1.34

boost/boost_regex_library

Published Jan 17, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026