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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.845375
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5425-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'pcre3' package(s) announced via the USN-5425-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'pcre3' package(s) announced via the USN-5425-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Yunho Kim discovered that PCRE incorrectly handled memory when
handling certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause applications using PCRE to expose sensitive
information. This issue only affects Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 21.10 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-20838)

It was discovered that PCRE incorrectly handled memory when
handling certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause applications using PCRE to have unexpected
behavior. This issue only affects Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM,
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-14155)

Affected Software/OS:
'pcre3' package(s) on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 21.10, Ubuntu 22.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-20838
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Feb/14
https://bugs.gentoo.org/717920
https://www.pcre.org/original/changelog.txt
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772@%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-14155
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2020/07/01/security-release-13-1-2-release/
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211931
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212147
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
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