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Mandriva: Updated pcre packages fix vulnerability Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake A buffer overflow in PCRE 7.x before 7.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that contains a character class with a large number of characters with Unicode code points greater than 255.
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2008:053
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Package : pcre
 Date    : February 28, 2008
 Affected: 2007.1, 2008.0
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Problem Description:
 
 A buffer overflow in PCRE 7.x before 7.6 allows remote attackers
 to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that contains a
 character class with a large number of characters with Unicode code
 points greater than 255.
 
 The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:
 
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0674
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Updated Packages:
 
 Mandriva Linux 2007.1:
 f66cc76a64404759931c4a0e294285af  2007.1/i586/libpcre-devel-7.3-0.2mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
 398634df4d9ef850e77b2e991d1981e7  2007.1/i586/libpcre0-7.3-0.2mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
 59783fe07357f1d771c6b953c66c4883  2007.1/i586/pcre-7.3-0.2mdv2007.1.i586.rpm 
 bf690b6edb91404e0ab6314358c5c795  2007.1/SRPMS/pcre-7.3-0.2mdv2007.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64:
 de300c16c0ad2e5612991b680cd6cbed  2007.1/x86_64/lib64pcre-devel-7.3-0.2mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
 dc97024fe03b3d1db03a50ed30caa1ba  2007.1/x86_64/lib64pcre0-7.3-0.2mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
 eb406aefe4ce4e0f322efbd769771c8d  2007.1/x86_64/pcre-7.3-0.2mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm 
 bf690b6edb91404e0ab6314358c5c795  2007.1/SRPMS/pcre-7.3-0.2mdv2007.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
 c45b591e7bd61c071bd9772ca3b881f7  2008.0/i586/libpcre-devel-7.3-1.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 1b34584fc1838f807eb4ffd31a228a6f  2008.0/i586/libpcre0-7.3-1.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 838806a0530f03fd3b143cd9c2a34fd3  2008.0/i586/pcre-7.3-1.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 
 67bf25833985dac61be2fb0d91299de6  2008.0/SRPMS/pcre-7.3-1.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
 d61b41e60e184372cf472755754a8265  2008.0/x86_64/lib64pcre-devel-7.3-1.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 729b49bb38bccf3d7b29116d95671c34  2008.0/x86_64/lib64pcre0-7.3-1.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 13c9971881a782b19369f58761a21f7a  2008.0/x86_64/pcre-7.3-1.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 
 67bf25833985dac61be2fb0d91299de6  2008.0/SRPMS/pcre-7.3-1.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandriva for security.  You can obtain the
 GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_(at)_mandriva.com
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
  
 
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