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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 >> SuSE Local Security Checks >> SUSE-SA:2005:048: pcre Vulnerability Assessment Details
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SUSE-SA:2005:048: pcre |
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Check for the version of the pcre package Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2005:048 (pcre). A vulnerability was found in the PCRE regular expression handling library which permits a possible hacker to crash or overflow a buffer in the program by specifying a special regular expression. Since this library is used in a large number of packages, including apache2, php4, exim, postfix and similar, a remote attack could be possible. This is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2005-2491. Solution : http://www.suse.de/security/advisories/2005_48_pcre.html Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security |
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