-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200803-24:02 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: PCRE: Buffer overflow Date: March 17, 2008 Updated: March 17, 2008 Bugs: #209067, #209293 ID: 200803-24:02 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in PCRE, allowing for the execution of arbitrary code and Denial of Service. Background ========== PCRE is a Perl-compatible regular expression library. GLib includes a copy of PCRE. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-libs/libpcre < 7.6-r1 >= 7.6-r1 2 dev-libs/glib < 2.14.6 >= 2.14.6 < 2.14.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Description =========== PCRE contains a buffer overflow vulnerability when processing a character class containing a very large number of characters with codepoints greater than 255. Impact ====== A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted regular expression to an application making use of the PCRE library, which could possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All PCRE users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libpcre-7.6-r1" All GLib users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/glib-2.14.6" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2008-0674 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0674 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-24.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH3w2UD/IBIJzjypERAkEBAJ90l88QfhQbz2cSxhOZsZNRmXHjDwCfT4tA zJ4fapDOrpd8dukYZkMl/fM= =D3Hn -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----