CVE-2008-0172

2008-01-1700:00:00

ubuntu.com

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

0.027

Percentile

90.6%

JSON

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.

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	reproducers on vsec

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu6.06noarchboost< 1.33.1-2ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu6.10noarchboost< 1.33.1-7ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu7.04noarchboost< 1.33.1-9ubuntu3.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu7.10noarchboost< 1.34.1-2ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	6.06	noarch	boost	< 1.33.1-2ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	6.10	noarch	boost	< 1.33.1-7ubuntu1.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	7.04	noarch	boost	< 1.33.1-9ubuntu3.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	7.10	noarch	boost	< 1.34.1-2ubuntu1.1	UNKNOWN