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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: pcre security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2007:1059-01
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1059.html
Issue date: 2007-11-29
Updated on: 2007-11-29
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
CVE Names: CVE-2006-7225 CVE-2006-7226 CVE-2006-7228
CVE-2006-7230
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1. Summary:
Updated pcre packages that resolve several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
3. Problem description:
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,
parses a malicious regular expression, it may have been possible to run
arbitrary code as the user running the application.
(CVE-2006-7225, CVE-2006-7226, CVE-2006-7228, CVE-2006-7230)
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.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
383371 - CVE-2006-7228 pcre integer overflow
384761 - CVE-2006-7225 pcre miscalculation of memory requirements for malformed Posix character class
384781 - CVE-2006-7226 pcre miscalculation of memory requirements for repeated subpattern containing a named recursion or subroutine reference
384801 - CVE-2006-7230 pcre miscalculation of memory requirements if options are changed during pattern compilation
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: pcre security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2007:1063-01
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1063.html
Issue date: 2007-11-29
Updated on: 2007-11-29
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
CVE Names: CVE-2006-7228 CVE-2007-1660
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1. Summary:
Updated pcre packages that resolve several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.
This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64
3. Problem description:
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.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
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11-29-2007, 02:09 PM
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: pcre security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2007:1068-01
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html
Issue date: 2007-11-29
Updated on: 2007-11-29
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
CVE Names: CVE-2006-7225 CVE-2006-7226 CVE-2006-7228
CVE-2006-7230 CVE-2007-1659
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1. Summary:
Updated pcre packages that resolve several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
3. Problem description:
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,
parses a malicious regular expression, it may have been possible to run
arbitrary code as the user running the application.
(CVE-2006-7225, CVE-2006-7226, CVE-2006-7228, CVE-2006-7230, CVE-2007-1659)
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.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
315871 - CVE-2007-1659 pcre regular expression flaws
383371 - CVE-2006-7228 pcre integer overflow
384761 - CVE-2006-7225 pcre miscalculation of memory requirements for malformed Posix character class
384781 - CVE-2006-7226 pcre miscalculation of memory requirements for repeated subpattern containing a named recursion or subroutine reference
384801 - CVE-2006-7230 pcre miscalculation of memory requirements if options are changed during pattern compilation
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