Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 does not properly compute the length of (1) a \p sequence, (2) a \P sequence, or (3) a \P{x} sequence, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or crash) or execute arbitrary code.
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00181.html
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1738
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38277
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3790
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3725
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26346
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483579/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483357/100/0/threaded
http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:211
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1399
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/30219
http://secunia.com/advisories/30155
http://secunia.com/advisories/30106
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
http://secunia.com/advisories/29267
http://secunia.com/advisories/28720
http://secunia.com/advisories/28714
http://secunia.com/advisories/28414
http://secunia.com/advisories/28406
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
http://secunia.com/advisories/27773
http://secunia.com/advisories/27741
http://secunia.com/advisories/27697
http://secunia.com/advisories/27554
http://secunia.com/advisories/27543
http://secunia.com/advisories/27538
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-November/msg00022.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562