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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:735 Date: 2005-11-30
Title: Apache Integer Overflow in pcre_compile.c
Description: Integer overflow in pcre_compile.c in Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) before 6.2, as used in multiple products such as Python, Ethereal, and PHP, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via quantifier values in regular expressions, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Version: 1 Class: vulnerability
Status: ACCEPTED Reference(s): CVE-2005-2491
Family: unix
Platform(s): HP-UX 11 Product(s): Apache
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