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libpcre: Multiple Vulnerabilities

2016-07-0900:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
30

CVSS2

9

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.067

Percentile

93.9%

Background

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

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"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyalldev-libs/libpcre< 8.38-r1UNKNOWN

CVSS2

9

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.067

Percentile

93.9%