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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Slackware Local Security Checks >> SSA-2005-242-01 PCRE library Vulnerability Assessment Details
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SSA-2005-242-01 PCRE library Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment New PCRE packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix a security issue. A buffer overflow could be triggered by a specially crafted regular expression. Any applications that use PCRE to process untrusted regular expressions may be exploited to run arbitrary code as the user running the application. The PCRE library is also provided in an initial installation by the aaa_elflibs package, so if your system has a /usr/lib/libpcre.so.0 symlink, then you should install this updated package even if the PCRE package itself is not installed on the system. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2491 Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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