GLSA-201710-09 : PCRE2: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 103727

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201710-09 (PCRE2: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PCRE2. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Impact :

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or have other unspecified impacts.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All PCRE2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/libpcre2-10.30' Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-09

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 103727

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201710-09.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Published: 10/9/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libpcre2, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7186, CVE-2017-8399, CVE-2017-8786

GLSA: 201710-09