[arch-security] [ASA-201508-11] pcre: arbitrary code execution

[Levente Polyak]

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

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

Resolution
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Upgrade to 8.37-3.

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

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

Workaround
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None.

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

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

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

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