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Scientific Linux Security Update : pcre on SL7.x x86_64 (20160511)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 91081

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Security Fix(es) :

 - Multiple flaws were found in the way PCRE handled malformed regular expressions. An attacker able to make an application using PCRE process a specially crafted regular expression could use these flaws to cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8385, CVE-2016-3191, CVE-2015-2328, CVE-2015-3217, CVE-2015-5073, CVE-2015-8388, CVE-2015-8391, CVE-2015-8386)

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9d226943

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 91081

File Name: sl_20160511_pcre_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/12/2016

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

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

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:fermilab:scientific_linux:pcre, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pcre-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pcre-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pcre-static, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pcre-tools, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2328, CVE-2015-3217, CVE-2015-5073, CVE-2015-8385, CVE-2015-8386, CVE-2015-8388, CVE-2015-8391, CVE-2016-3191