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CVE-2016-1283

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The pcre_compile2 function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.38 mishandles the /((?:F?+(?:^(?(R)a+"){99}-))(?J)(?’R'(?’R’<((?'RR'(?'R'){97)?J)?J)(?'R'(?'R'){99|(:(?|(?'R')(k'R')|((?'R')))H'R'R)(H'R))))))/ pattern and related patterns with named subgroups, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror. Date published : 2016-01-02 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79825

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

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