Scientific Linux Security Update : pcre on SL7.x x86_64 (20150305)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82259

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Synopsis

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

Description

A flaw was found in the way PCRE handled certain malformed regular expressions. This issue could cause an application (for example, Konqueror) linked against PCRE to crash while parsing malicious regular expressions. (CVE-2014-8964)

This update also adds the following enhancement :

- Support for the little-endian variant of IBM Power Systems has been added to the pcre packages.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82259

File Name: sl_20150305_pcre_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Scientific Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 3/26/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pcre-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pcre, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pcre-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pcre-static, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pcre-tools

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8964

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