DSA 1602-1: New pcre3 packages fix arbitrary code execution  

Posted by Daniela Mehler

The Debian Security Team published a new security update for Debian GNU/Linux. Here the announcement:
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1602-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Florian Weimer
July 05, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : pcre3
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem type : local (remote)
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-2371

Tavis Ormandy discovered that PCRE, the Perl-Compatible Regular
Expression library, may encounter a heap overflow condition when
compiling certain regular expressions involving in-pattern options and
branches, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 6.7+7.4-4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your pcre3 packages.

Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
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Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcre3_6.7+7.4-4.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 888 9ef88cd7ab592b3799211018f8d20f63
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcre3_6.7+7.4-4.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 83574 2d9686b5b3a5480aa528bd89cdea12a6
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcre3_6.7+7.4.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 1106897 de886b22cddc8eaf620a421d3041ee0b

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-4_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 21038 72545720bee988d70381cf56ac08ab3e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-4_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 91302 039876d52014e88686119445734f6ec7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-4_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 264154 19f60bc08e3f2a5d8ca305851f44ef55
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-4_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 209168 f19f07f81f4b9259c7b061faf7d9fc7c

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 89984 c92634b92f00d7f41991d58d3ad690bc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 198552 2760ab9ccf2cdf8b7fec89e4068feba7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 250032 68f3c4360bc41358bb97f546bcb0e3ce
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 20150 9bed90914b31ea7f11810c3b99d5b5c6

arm architecture (ARM)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-4_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 88966 41f8ee2780754174274009055c952079
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-4_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 19920 f10b8d7a5c6366136813af67d0a8b7ff
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-4_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 243970 8becd101006adf3dfca88607c07d3086
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-4_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 198322 b2c55ac5d7a2be62c5b5e8cb6d0c48f2

hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-4_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 92266 b9236279f24acead3acfed524d87d1bd
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-4_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 255722 f0a3084a3683ece8f0c10ffd937ef252
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-4_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 202446 5e552d19b502810cf640eb8c11776736
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-4_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 20726 aa317ebe8c30e18966b3786acc1398b9

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-4_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 89862 60a49383c76120d08e4d300564b659db
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-4_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 246934 b20ff56ba4289860f1d09a75abfa3505
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-4_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 19348 dcded2ff2a56d461e522ac11647ab4f2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-4_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 196894 30a9803ec2c737702228c88b121d1544

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-4_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 230688 264ad5d5665e602b2f692b899fd0a5e9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-4_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 25658 538af9aabca0427844e955f028c050e4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-4_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 280674 e4d8e19abeed7202102e94597c4798e8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-4_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 93858 c6cf88e6acf726bd4179658e0f2bbe9e

mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-4_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 198430 ac574108ba4f6ae4b70179b7d6b5d7c9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-4_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 253526 77b402e25c797abf1f7557e106326667
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-4_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 90538 e1671c5b76cca0256a8d41b8f9e419e3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-4_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 20424 766ce624fa24e42d04b53511e1cbed21

mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-4_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 90520 2dc1625becce40f479e50fdcf075571b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-4_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 252396 52692425252b9c4263fb2899918d0966
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-4_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 197616 f228905aa01a3ae35801dc9b9b12c0ef
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-4_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 20454 e991967c20b95fe40b0f45acd9eafa1d

powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-4_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 197676 2debc2e40a4b17f562f82e5304ce8f4a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-4_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 253048 e442f8398410b41db288e77c36b4cd5f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-4_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 92152 bd22696efa2ad001a602c73d614f046c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-4_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 21270 88d9a6a11ccb43ad9d7e2f6418875619

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-4_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 200044 6476b48137e32a76c3c85b09a901c0bc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-4_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 90586 de5f46464693e513d4045c0e037585ab
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-4_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 20108 cdd1618521e5e64d04e5e26a49803b4f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-4_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 248498 4de3715c9a55f4aa0ba33fcde49ee7cd

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_6.7+7.4-4_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 197656 06f3298311fba7fb8bb4a072372c79b4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_6.7+7.4-4_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 19420 a4c54f7f457816b8e1f087055e959e23
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_6.7+7.4-4_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 247278 7c41012b79be5869fcf03f6c71be98b0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcre3/libpcrecpp0_6.7+7.4-4_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 88798 5905a7ee0d9a17c564ef929655fd8cd7


These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.

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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show ' and http://packages.debian.org/
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