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CentOS 5 : pcre (CESA-2007:0967)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 43659
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated pcre packages that correct two security flaws are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
PCRE is a Perl-compatible regular expression library.
Multiple flaws were found in the way pcre handles certain malformed regular expressions. If an application linked against pcre, such as Konqueror, parses a malicious regular expression, it may be possible to run arbitrary code as the user running the application.
(CVE-2007-1659, CVE-2007-1660)
Users of pcre are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.
Red Hat would like to thank Tavis Ormandy and Will Drewry for properly disclosing these issues.
Solution
Update the affected pcre packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 43659
File Name: centos_RHSA-2007-0967.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 1/6/2010
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcre, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcre-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2007
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-1659, CVE-2007-1660