============================================================================ Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2943-1 March 29, 2016 pcre3 vulnerabilities ============================================================================ A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 15.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: PCRE could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a specially-crafted regular expression. Software Description: - pcre3: Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library Details: It was discovered that PCRE incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using PCRE to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.10: libpcre3 2:8.35-7.1ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libpcre3 1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libpcre3 8.12-4ubuntu0.2 After a standard system update you need to restart applications using PCRE, such as the Apache HTTP server and Nginx, to make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2943-1 CVE-2014-9769, CVE-2015-2325, CVE-2015-2326, CVE-2015-2327, CVE-2015-2328, CVE-2015-3210, CVE-2015-5073, CVE-2015-8380, CVE-2015-8381, CVE-2015-8382, CVE-2015-8383, CVE-2015-8384, CVE-2015-8385, CVE-2015-8386, CVE-2015-8387, CVE-2015-8388, CVE-2015-8389, CVE-2015-8390, CVE-2015-8391, CVE-2015-8392, CVE-2015-8393, CVE-2015-8394, CVE-2015-8395, CVE-2016-1283, CVE-2016-3191 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pcre3/2:8.35-7.1ubuntu1.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pcre3/1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pcre3/8.12-4ubuntu0.2