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[USN-581-1] PCRE vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-581-1          February 21, 2008
pcre3 vulnerability
CVE-2008-0674
Kwetsbare Ubuntu versies:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10

Kwetsbare pakketten:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
libpcre3 7.4-0ubuntu0.6.06.2
Ubuntu 6.10
libpcre3 7.4-0ubuntu0.6.10.2
Ubuntu 7.10
libpcre3 7.4-0ubuntu0.7.10.2
Ubuntu 7.04
libpcre3 7.4-0ubuntu0.7.04.2

After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes.

It was discovered that PCRE did not correctly handle very long strings containing UTF8 sequences. In certain situations, an attacker could exploit applications linked against PCRE by tricking a user or automated system in processing a malicious regular expression leading to a denial of service or possibly arbitrary code execution.

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