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CVE-2017-11164

CVE Details

Visit the official vulnerability details page for CVE-2017-11164 to learn more.

Initial Publication

10/25/2024

Last Update

12/16/2024

Third Party Dependency

libpcre3

NIST CVE Summary

In PCRE 8.41, the OP_KETRMAX feature in the match function in pcre_exec.c allows stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) when processing a crafted regular expression.

CVE Severity

7.5

Our Official Summary

This vulnerability requires a crafted regular expression to exploit in PCRE (Perl Regular Controlled Expressions). Risk of exploitation of this vulnerability for our products is low, since accessing the match function in pcre library requires attacker to have privileged access to the containers and do not allow arbitrary code to be run on them. Impact of exploitation is also low since containers have a limited attack surface. Third party containers in which this vulnerability is reported do not have an upstream fix. We will upgrade the images once the upstream fix becomes available.

Status

Ongoing

Affected Products & Versions

VersionPalette EnterprisePalette Enterprise AirgapVerteXVerteX Airgap
4.5.15✅ No Impact⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted
4.5.11✅ No Impact⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted
4.5.10✅ No Impact⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted
4.5.8✅ No Impact⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted
4.5.5✅ No Impact⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted
4.5.4✅ No Impact⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted
4.4.20✅ No Impact⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted

Revision History

DateRevision
12/16/2024Impacted versions changed from 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8, 4.4.20, 4.5.10, 4.5.11 to 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8, 4.4.20, 4.5.10, 4.5.11, 4.5.15
12/06/2024Advisory severity revised to HIGH from MEDIUM
12/05/2024Advisory severity revised to MEDIUM from HIGH
11/28/2024Official summary revised: This vulnerability requires a crafted regular expression to exploit in PCRE (Perl Regular Controlled Expressions). Risk of exploitation of this vulnerability for our products is low, since accessing the match function in pcre library requires attacker to have privileged access to the containers and do not allow arbitrary code to be run on them. Impact of exploitation is also low since containers have a limited attack surface. Third party containers in which this vulnerability is reported do not have an upstream fix. We will upgrade the images once the upstream fix becomes available.
11/15/2024Impacted versions changed from 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8, 4.4.20, 4.5.10 to 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8, 4.4.20, 4.5.10, 4.5.11
11/15/2024Impacted versions changed from 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8, 4.4.20 to 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8, 4.4.20, 4.5.10
11/13/2024Impacted versions changed from 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8 to 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8, 4.4.20
11/10/2024Impacted versions changed from 4.5.4, 4.5.5 to 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8
10/27/2024Impacted versions changed from 4.5.4 to 4.5.4, 4.5.5