Security bugs are reported here via bugzilla

[Thomas Houssin <thomas.houssin AT gmail.com>]

Synopsis
========
pcre is vulnerable to a integer overflow, possibly leading to a heap
overflow and to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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pcre is the Perl Compatible Regular Expression library

Description
===========
CAN-2005-2491:
Integer overflow in pcre_compile.c in Perl Compatible Regular
Expressions (PCRE) before 6.2, as used in multiple products, allows
attackers to execute arbitrary code via quantifier values in regular
expressions, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected packages
=================
pcre in devel, test, stable-rc 0.2 and stable 0.1 grimoires is
affected. This is now fixed in all grimoires.

Resolution
==========
All pcre users should upgrade to the latest available version:
         # scribe update
         # cast -c pcre

References
==========
   [ 1 ] CAN-2005-2491
         http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2491


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Thomas Houssin

Security Team Leader Source Mage GNU/Linux (http://www.sourcemage.org)
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