Debian DSA-800-1 : pcre3 - integer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 19570
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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

An integer overflow with subsequent buffer overflow has been detected in PCRE, the Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library, which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Since several packages link dynamically to this library you are advised to restart the corresponding services or programs respectively. The command 'apt-cache showpkg libpcre3' will list the corresponding packages in the 'Reverse Depends:' section.

Solution

Upgrade the libpcre3 package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.4-1.1woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.5-1.2sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=324531

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-800

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19570

File Name: debian_DSA-800.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/6/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pcre3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2491

BID: 14620

DSA: 800