openSUSE Security Update : pcre (openSUSE-2016-1303)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 94906
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Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
This version fixes a number of vulnerabilities that affect pcre and applications using the libary when accepting untrusted input as regular expressions or as part thereof. Remote attackers could have caused the application to crash, disclose information or potentially execute arbitrary code.- Update to PCRE 8.39 FATE#320298 boo#972127.
- CVE-2015-3210: heap buffer overflow in pcre_compile2() / compile_regex() (boo#933288)
- CVE-2015-3217: pcre: PCRE Library Call Stack Overflow Vulnerability in match() (boo#933878)
- CVE-2015-5073: pcre: Library Heap Overflow Vulnerability in find_fixedlength() (boo#936227)
- boo#942865: heap overflow in compile_regex()
- CVE-2015-8380: pcre: heap overflow in pcre_exec (boo#957566)
- boo#957598: various security issues fixed in pcre 8.37 and 8.38 release
- CVE-2016-1283: pcre: Heap buffer overflow in pcre_compile2 causes DoS (boo#960837)
- CVE-2016-3191: pcre: workspace overflow for (*ACCEPT) with deeply nested parentheses (boo#971741)
Solution
Update the affected pcre packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=933288
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=933878
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=936227
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=942865
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=957566
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=957598
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=960837
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 94906
File Name: openSUSE-2016-1303.nasl
Version: 2.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 11/16/2016
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: 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:novell:opensuse:libpcre1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcre1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcre1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcre1-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcre16-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcre16-0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcre16-0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcre16-0-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcrecpp0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcrecpp0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcrecpp0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcrecpp0-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcreposix0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcreposix0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcreposix0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcreposix0-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pcre-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pcre-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pcre-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pcre-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pcre-tools-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-3210, CVE-2015-3217, CVE-2015-5073, CVE-2015-8380, CVE-2016-1283, CVE-2016-3191