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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2022.5665.1
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5665-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'pcre3' package(s) announced via the USN-5665-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'pcre3' package(s) announced via the USN-5665-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that PCRE incorrectly handled certain regular expressions.
A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using PCRE to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6004)

It was discovered that PCRE incorrectly handled certain Unicode encoding. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using PCRE to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-7186)

Affected Software/OS:
'pcre3' package(s) on Ubuntu 16.04.

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-2017-6004
BugTraq ID: 96295
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96295
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-11
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:2486
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037850
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-7186
BugTraq ID: 97030
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97030
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-09
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-25
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/14/libpcre-invalid-memory-read-in-match-pcre_exec-c/
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