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Gentoo: GLSA-201607-02 Normal: libpcre Code Execution And DoS

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Calendar Grey July 9, 2016
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo users must urgently update libpcre to resolve critical security vulnerabilities that might enable unauthorized code execution and denial-of-service attacks. Apply this patch immediately
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libpcre, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution, or cause a Denial of Service condition

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libpcre. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution Denial of Service normal libpcre

Resolution

All libpcre users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libpcre-8.38-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-8964 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8964 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-8964 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8964 [ 3 ] CVE-2015-5073 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5073 [ 4 ] CVE-2015-5073 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5073 [ 5 ] CVE-2015-5073 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5073 [ 6 ] CVE-2015-8380 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8380 [ 7 ] CVE-2015-8381 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8381 [ 8 ] CVE-2015-8383 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8383 [ 9 ] CVE-2015-8384 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8384 [ 10 ] CVE-2015-8385 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8385 [ 11 ] CVE-2015-8386 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8386 [ 12 ] CVE-2015-8387 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8387 [ 13 ] CVE-2015-8388 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvena...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: libpcre: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: July 09, 2016
Bugs: #529952, #551240, #553300, #570694, #575546
ID: 201607-02

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution Denial of Service normal libpcre

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libpcre, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

libpcre is a library providing functions for Perl-compatible regular expressions.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-libs/libpcre < 8.38-r1 >= 8.38-r1

Impact

===== An attacker can possibly execute arbitrary code or create a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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