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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59894
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2007:1063
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2007:1063.

PCRE is a Perl-compatible regular expression library.

Flaws were discovered in the way PCRE handles certain malformed regular
expressions. If an application linked against PCRE, such as Konqueror,
parsed a malicious regular expression, it may have been possible to run
arbitrary code as the user running the application. (CVE-2006-7228,
CVE-2007-1660)

Users of PCRE are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to resolve these issues.

Red Hat would like to thank Ludwig Nussel for reporting these issues.

Solution:
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1063.html
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
6.8

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-7228
20080221 VMSA-2008-0003 Moderate: Updated aacraid driver and samba and python service console updates
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488457/100/0/threaded
20080416 VMSA-2008-0007 Moderate Updated Service Console packages pcre, net-snmp, and OpenPegasus
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490917/100/0/threaded
26462
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26462
27582
http://secunia.com/advisories/27582
27741
http://secunia.com/advisories/27741
27773
http://secunia.com/advisories/27773
27776
http://secunia.com/advisories/27776
28027
http://secunia.com/advisories/28027
28041
http://secunia.com/advisories/28041
28050
http://secunia.com/advisories/28050
28406
http://secunia.com/advisories/28406
28414
http://secunia.com/advisories/28414
28658
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
28714
http://secunia.com/advisories/28714
28720
http://secunia.com/advisories/28720
29032
http://secunia.com/advisories/29032
29085
http://secunia.com/advisories/29085
29785
http://secunia.com/advisories/29785
30106
http://secunia.com/advisories/30106
30155
http://secunia.com/advisories/30155
30219
http://secunia.com/advisories/30219
31124
http://secunia.com/advisories/31124
ADV-2008-0637
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0637
ADV-2008-1234
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1234/references
DSA-1570
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570
GLSA-200711-30
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml
GLSA-200801-02
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml
GLSA-200801-18
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml
GLSA-200801-19
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml
GLSA-200802-10
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-10.xml
GLSA-200805-11
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml
MDVSA-2008:012
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:012
MDVSA-2008:030
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030
RHSA-2007:1059
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1059.html
RHSA-2007:1063
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1063.html
RHSA-2007:1065
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1065.html
RHSA-2007:1068
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html
RHSA-2007:1076
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1076.html
RHSA-2007:1077
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1077.html
RHSA-2008:0546
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0546.html
SUSE-SA:2007:062
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.html
SUSE-SA:2008:004
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
[Security-announce] 20080221 VMSA-2008-0003 Moderate: Updated aacraid driver and samba and python service console updates
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000005.html
[Security-announce] 20080415 VMSA-2008-0007 Moderate Updated Service Console packages pcre, net-snmp, and OpenPegasus
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000014.html
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2007-006.html
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm
http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383371
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10810
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10810
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-1660
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
BugTraq ID: 26346
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26346
Bugtraq: 20071106 rPSA-2007-0231-1 pcre (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483357/100/0/threaded
Bugtraq: 20071112 FLEA-2007-0064-1 pcre (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483579/100/0/threaded
Bugtraq: 20080416 VMSA-2008-0007 Moderate Updated Service Console packages pcre, net-snmp, and OpenPegasus (Google Search)
Cert/CC Advisory: TA07-352A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
Debian Security Information: DSA-1399 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1399
Debian Security Information: DSA-1570 (Google Search)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:211
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:212
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:213
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-November/msg00022.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10562
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0967.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0968.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018895
http://secunia.com/advisories/27538
http://secunia.com/advisories/27543
http://secunia.com/advisories/27547
http://secunia.com/advisories/27554
http://secunia.com/advisories/27598
http://secunia.com/advisories/27697
http://secunia.com/advisories/27862
http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2007:062 (Google Search)
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2008:004 (Google Search)
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:025 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/547-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3725
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3790
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
XForce ISS Database: pcre-character-class-dos(38273)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38273
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