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GNOME Glib PCRE pcre_compile.c Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA30944
Release Date: 2008-07-04
Popularity: 5,087 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:GNOME GLib 2.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in GNOME Glib, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise an application using the library.

The vulnerability is caused due to the use of a vulnerable code of the PCRE library.

For more information:
SA30916

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.16.4.

Change Page:
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