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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : pcre (MDKSA-2007:211)

high Nessus Plugin ID 37237

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered by Tavis Ormandy and Will Drewry in the way that pcre handled certain malformed regular expressions. If an application linked against pcre, such as Konqueror, parses a malicious regular expression, it could lead to the execution of arbitrary code as the user running the application.

Updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 37237

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2007-211.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64pcre-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64pcre0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpcre-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpcre0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:pcre, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-7230, CVE-2007-1659, CVE-2007-1660, CVE-2007-1661, CVE-2007-1662, CVE-2007-4766, CVE-2007-4767, CVE-2007-4768

CWE: 119, 189

MDKSA: 2007:211