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52 lines
1.8 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201706-11">
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<title>PCRE library: Denial of Service</title>
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<synopsis>A vulnerability in PCRE library allows remote attackers to cause a
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Denial of Service condition.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">PCRE</product>
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<announced>2017-06-06</announced>
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<revised>2017-06-06: 1</revised>
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<bug>609592</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="dev-libs/libpcre" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">8.40-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">8.40-r1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular expression
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pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl 5.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>It was found that the compile_bracket_matchingpath function in
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pcre_jit_compile.c in PCRE library is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds
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read.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition via
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a special crafted regular expression.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All PCRE library users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libpcre-8.40-r1"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6004">CVE-2017-6004</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-04-26T00:55:28Z">BlueKnight</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-06-06T19:43:31Z">whissi</metadata>
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</glsa>
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