The _pcre32_xclass function in pcre_xclass.c in libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read) via a crafted file.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The _pcre32_xclass function in pcre_xclass.c in libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (invalid memory read) via a crafted file. (CVE-2017-7244)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3652-1 advisory.

  - The compile_bracket_matchingpath function in pcre_jit_compile.c in PCRE through 8.x before revision 1680     (e.g., the PHP 7.1.1 bundled version) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     read and application crash) via a crafted regular expression. (CVE-2017-6004)

  - libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40 and libpcre2 in PCRE2 10.23 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (segmentation violation for read access, and application crash) by triggering an invalid Unicode property     lookup. (CVE-2017-7186)

  - The _pcre32_xclass function in pcre_xclass.c in libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (invalid memory read) via a crafted file. (CVE-2017-7244)

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in the pcre32_copy_substring function in pcre_get.c in libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (WRITE of size 4) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via a crafted file. (CVE-2017-7245)

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in the pcre32_copy_substring function in pcre_get.c in libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (WRITE of size 268) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via a crafted file. (CVE-2017-7246)

  - libpcre in PCRE before 8.43 allows a subject buffer over-read in JIT when UTF is disabled, and \X or \R     has more than one fixed quantifier, a related issue to CVE-2019-20454. (CVE-2019-20838)

  - libpcre in PCRE before 8.44 allows an integer overflow via a large number after a (?C substring.
    (CVE-2020-14155)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

- update to 2.56.x

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201710-25 (PCRE: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in The PCRE Library.
      Please review the references below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition or       other unspecified impacts via a specially crafted file.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
221653	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-7244	Nessus	Misc.	medium
155134	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : pcre (SUSE-SU-2021:3652-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
120337	Fedora 28 : mingw-glib2 / mingw-glibmm24 (2018-3238d4da59)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
104068	GLSA-201710-25 : PCRE: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high

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