Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201508-11
=========================================
Severity: Critical
Date    : 2015-08-26
CVE-ID  : None
Package : pcre
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
======
The package pcre before version 8.37-3 is vulnerable to arbitrary code
execution.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 8.37-3.

# pacman -Syu "pcre>=8.37-3"

The problem has been fixed upstream but no release is available yet.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
A heap overflow has been discovered when compiling certain regular
expressions with named references. This issue may lead to arbitrary code
execution.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker able to compile a special regular expression with
named references may be able to execute arbitrary code.

References
=========
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/295
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1667

ArchLinux: 201508-11: pcre: arbitrary code execution

August 26, 2015

Summary

A heap overflow has been discovered when compiling certain regular expressions with named references. This issue may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Resolution

Upgrade to 8.37-3. # pacman -Syu "pcre>=8.37-3"
The problem has been fixed upstream but no release is available yet.

References

https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/295 https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1667

Severity
Package : pcre
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Workaround

None.

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