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Red Hat: RHSA-2015:0330-01 Low Impact: PCRE Security Issue

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Calendar Grey March 5, 2015
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Debian releases an updated libxml2 version addressing a minor security vulnerability while introducing performance improvements for users.
Updated pcre packages that fix one security issue and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

PCRE is a Perl-compatible regular expression library.
A flaw was found in the way PCRE handled certain malformed regular expressions. This issue could cause an application (for example, Konqueror) linked against PCRE to crash while parsing malicious regular expressions. (CVE-2014-8964)
This update also adds the following enhancement:
* Support for the little-endian variant of IBM Power Systems has been added to the pcre packages. (BZ#1123498, BZ#1125642)
All pcre users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue and add this enhancement.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity PCRE enhancement

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8964 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#low

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: pcre-8.32-14.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: pcre-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm pcre-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm pcre-devel-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm pcre-devel-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm pcre-static-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm pcre-static-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm pcre-tools-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: pcre-8.32-14.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: pcre-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm pcre-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm pcre-devel-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm pcre-devel-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm pcre-static-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm pcre-static-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm pcre-tools-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: pcre-8.32-14.el7.src.rpm
ppc64: pcre-8.32-14.el7.ppc.rpm pcre-8.32-14.el7.ppc64.rpm pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.ppc.rpm pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.ppc64.rpm pcre-devel-8.32-14.el7.ppc.rpm pcre-devel-8.32-14.el7.ppc64.rpm
s390x:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:0330-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0330.html
Issue date: 2015-03-05

Topic

Updated pcre packages that fix one security issue and add one enhancementare now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Low securityimpact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in theReferences section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity PCRE enhancement

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1166147 - CVE-2014-8964 pcre: incorrect handling of zero-repeat assertion conditions

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