GLSA 201607-02: libpcre: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity:	normal
Title:	libpcre: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:	07/09/2016
Bugs:	#529952, #551240, #553300, #570694, #575546
ID:	201607-02

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libpcre, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

libpcre is a library providing functions for Perl-compatible regular expressions.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-libs/libpcre	< 8.38-r1	>= 8.38-r1	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libpcre. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

An attacker can possibly execute arbitrary code or create a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All libpcre users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libpcre-8.38-r1"
    

References

• CVE-2014-8964
• CVE-2014-8964
• CVE-2015-5073
• CVE-2015-5073
• CVE-2015-5073
• CVE-2015-8380
• CVE-2015-8381
• CVE-2015-8383
• CVE-2015-8384
• CVE-2015-8385
• CVE-2015-8386
• CVE-2015-8387
• CVE-2015-8388
• CVE-2015-8389
• CVE-2015-8390
• CVE-2015-8391
• CVE-2015-8392
• CVE-2015-8393
• CVE-2015-8394
• CVE-2015-8395
• CVE-2016-1283
• CVE-2016-1283

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201607-02.xml

Concerns?

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License

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