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PCRE Character Class Buffer Overflow
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA28923
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Release Date:
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2008-02-14
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Last Update:
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2008-02-19
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | PCRE 7.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2008-0674 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in PCRE, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise an application using the library.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing character classes and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via an overly long character class with codepoints greater than 255.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 7.6.
Solution:
Update to version 7.6.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2008-02-19: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://pcre.org/changelog.txt
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1 Related Secunia Security Advisories
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1. PCRE Multiple Vulnerabilities
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