CentOS 3 / 4 : pcre (CESA-2005:761)

high Nessus Plugin ID 21854

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated pcre packages are now available to correct a security issue.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team

PCRE is a Perl-compatible regular expression library.

An integer overflow flaw was found in PCRE, triggered by a maliciously crafted regular expression. On systems that accept arbitrary regular expressions from untrusted users, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the application using the library. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CVE-2005-2491 to this issue.

The security impact of this issue varies depending on the way that applications make use of PCRE. For example, the Apache web server uses the system PCRE library in order to parse regular expressions, but this flaw would only allow a user who already has the ability to write .htaccess files to gain 'apache' privileges. For applications supplied with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, a maximum security impact of moderate has been assigned.

Users should update to these erratum packages that contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected pcre packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21854

File Name: centos_RHSA-2005-761.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 7/3/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcre, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcre-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2491

BID: 14620

RHSA: 2005:761

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