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CVE Reference: CVE-2005-2491
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CVE-2005-2491

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

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

TRUSTIX
  http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html

SUSE
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_52_apache2.html
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_49_php.html
  http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=112605112027335&w=2
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_48_pcre.html

SUNALERT
  http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102198-1

ST
  1014744

SREASON
  http://securityreason.com/securityalert/604

SGI

SCO

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA19532
  Secunia Advisory: SA16679
  Secunia Advisory: SA19072
  Secunia Advisory: SA17813
  Secunia Advisory: SA16502
  Secunia Advisory: SA19193
  Secunia Advisory: SA17252
  Secunia Advisory: SA21522
  Secunia Advisory: SA22691
  Secunia Advisory: SA22875

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-761.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-358.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0197.html

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1659
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1496
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:735

OPENPKG
  http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=112606064317223&w=2

HP
  http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00786522
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/428138/100/0/threaded

GENTOO
  http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-19.xml
  http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-12.xml
  http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-17.xml
  http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-02.xml

FEDORA
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/427046/100/0/threaded

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-817
  http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-819
  http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-821
  http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-800

CONFIRM
  http://www.php.net/release_4_4_1.php
  http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-159.htm
  http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00021.html
  http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-081.htm
  http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-223.pdf
  http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-216.pdf

BID
  14620
  15647

APPLE
  http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302847


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