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Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : PCRE library (SSA:2005-242-01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 19858

Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

New PCRE packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix a security issue. A buffer overflow could be triggered by a specially crafted regular expression. Any applications that use PCRE to process untrusted regular expressions may be exploited to run arbitrary code as the user running the application.
The PCRE library is also provided in an initial installation by the aaa_elflibs package, so if your system has a /usr/lib/libpcre.so.0 symlink, then you should install this updated package even if the PCRE package itself is not installed on the system.

Solution

Update the affected pcre package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4da03b4e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19858

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2005-242-01.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 10/5/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:8.1, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.1, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.1, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:pcre, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/30/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2491

SSA: 2005-242-01