Vulnerability CVE-2008-0172
Published: 2008-01-17   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Boost -> Boost 

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