The remote host is missing an update to pcre3 library that could cause a buffer overflow (CVE-2008-0674). Upgrade to version 7.6-1 or later
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 61 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | FreeBSD Ports: pcre | 4 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200803-24 (libpcre glib) | 24 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for glib2 FEDORA-2008-1533 | 16 Feb 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for pcre FEDORA-2008-1783 | 16 Feb 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | FreeBSD Ports: pcre | 4 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Ubuntu Update for pcre3 vulnerability USN-581-1 | 23 Mar 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-581-1) | 23 Mar 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for glib2 FEDORA-2008-1533 | 16 Feb 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for pcre FEDORA-2008-1783 | 16 Feb 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Mandriva Update for pcre MDVSA-2008:053 (pcre) | 9 Apr 200900:00 | – | openvas |
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_1499_1.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 1499-1 (pcre3)
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "It was discovered that specially crafted regular expressions involving
codepoints greater than 255 could cause a buffer overflow in the PCRE
library (CVE-2008-0674).
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 6.7+7.4-3.
For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.5+7.4-2.
For the unstable distribution, thi problem has been fixed in version
7.6-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your pcre3 package.";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to pcre3
announced via advisory DSA 1499-1.";
tag_solution = "https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201499-1";
if(description)
{
script_id(60433);
script_version("$Revision: 6616 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-07 14:10:49 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-02-28 02:09:28 +0100 (Thu, 28 Feb 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-0674");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 1499-1 (pcre3)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pgrep", ver:"4.5+7.4-2", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libpcre3", ver:"4.5+7.4-2", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libpcre3-dev", ver:"4.5+7.4-2", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pcregrep", ver:"4.5+7.4-2", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libpcre3", ver:"6.7+7.4-3", rls:"DEB4.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pcregrep", ver:"6.7+7.4-3", rls:"DEB4.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libpcre3-dev", ver:"6.7+7.4-3", rls:"DEB4.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libpcrecpp0", ver:"6.7+7.4-3", rls:"DEB4.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}
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