Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1499-1 pcre3 -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

19 Feb 2008

Affected Packages:

pcre3

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-0674.

More information:

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 old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 4.5+7.4-2.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 6.7+7.4-3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 7.6-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your pcre3 package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcre3_4.5+7.4-2.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcre3_4.5+7.4-2.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcre3_4.5+7.4.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pgrep_4.5+7.4-2_all.deb
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_4.5+7.4-2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_4.5+7.4-2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_4.5+7.4-2_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_4.5+7.4-2_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_4.5+7.4-2_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_4.5+7.4-2_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_4.5+7.4-2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_4.5+7.4-2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_4.5+7.4-2_arm.deb
HP Precision:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_4.5+7.4-2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_4.5+7.4-2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_4.5+7.4-2_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_4.5+7.4-2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_4.5+7.4-2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_4.5+7.4-2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_4.5+7.4-2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_4.5+7.4-2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_4.5+7.4-2_ia64.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_4.5+7.4-2_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_4.5+7.4-2_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_4.5+7.4-2_m68k.deb
Big-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_4.5+7.4-2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_4.5+7.4-2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_4.5+7.4-2_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_4.5+7.4-2_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_4.5+7.4-2_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_4.5+7.4-2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_4.5+7.4-2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_4.5+7.4-2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_4.5+7.4-2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_4.5+7.4-2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_4.5+7.4-2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_4.5+7.4-2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_4.5+7.4-2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_4.5+7.4-2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_4.5+7.4-2_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcre3_6.7+7.4-3.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcre3_6.7+7.4-3.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcre3_6.7+7.4.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-3_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-3_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-3_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-3_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-3_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-3_arm.deb
HP Precision:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-3_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-3_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-3_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-3_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-3_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-3_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-3_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-3_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-3_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-3_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-3_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-3_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-3_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-3_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.