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SuSE 10 Security Update : pcre (ZYPP Patch Number 4707)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29548

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Specially crafted regular expressions could lead to a buffer overflow in the pcre library. Applications using pcre to process regular expressions from untrusted sources could therefore potentially be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2006-7230)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 4707.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-7230.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29548

File Name: suse_pcre-4707.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/13/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-7230

CWE: 189