This patch fixes CVE-2016-1283, filed upstream as:

https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1767

See also:

http://www.cvedetails.com/cve-details.php?t=1&cve_id=cve-2016-1283

This problem has already been fixed upstream in the svn code repository at:

svn://vcs.exim.org/pcre/code/trunk

--- pcre-8.38/pcre_compile.c.orig 2016-03-02 10:28:48.735223798 -0800

+++ pcre-8.38/pcre_compile.c 2016-03-02 10:30:50.856995461 -0800

@@ -7274,7 +7274,12 @@

so far in order to get the number. If the name is not found, leave

the value of recno as 0 for a forward reference. */

- else

+ /* This patch (removing "else") fixes a problem when a reference is

+ to multiple identically named nested groups from within the nest.

+ Once again, it is not the "proper" fix, and it results in an

+ over-allocation of memory. */

+

+ /* else */

{

ng = cd->named_groups;

for (i = 0; i < cd->names_found; i++, ng++)