[RHSA-2015:0330-02] Low: pcre security and enhancement update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Low: pcre security and enhancement update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:0330-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0330.html

Issue date: 2015-03-05

CVE Names: CVE-2014-8964

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1. Summary:

 

Updated pcre packages that fix one security issue and add one enhancement

are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

 

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Low security

impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which

gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the

References section.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

 

3. Description:

 

PCRE is a Perl-compatible regular expression library.

 

A flaw was found in the way PCRE handled certain malformed regular

expressions. This issue could cause an application (for example, Konqueror)

linked against PCRE to crash while parsing malicious regular expressions.

(CVE-2014-8964)

 

This update also adds the following enhancement:

 

* Support for the little-endian variant of IBM Power Systems has been added

to the pcre packages. (BZ#1123498, BZ#1125642)

 

All pcre users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which

contain a backported patch to correct this issue and add this enhancement.

 

4. Solution:

 

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata

relevant to your system have been applied.

 

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

 

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

 

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

1166147 - CVE-2014-8964 pcre: incorrect handling of zero-repeat assertion conditions

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):

 

Source:

pcre-8.32-14.el7.src.rpm

 

x86_64:

pcre-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm

pcre-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):

 

x86_64:

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

pcre-devel-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm

pcre-devel-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

pcre-static-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm

pcre-static-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

pcre-tools-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):

 

Source:

pcre-8.32-14.el7.src.rpm

 

x86_64:

pcre-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm

pcre-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):

 

x86_64:

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

pcre-devel-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm

pcre-devel-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

pcre-static-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm

pcre-static-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

pcre-tools-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):

 

Source:

pcre-8.32-14.el7.src.rpm

 

ppc64:

pcre-8.32-14.el7.ppc.rpm

pcre-8.32-14.el7.ppc64.rpm

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.ppc.rpm

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.ppc64.rpm

pcre-devel-8.32-14.el7.ppc.rpm

pcre-devel-8.32-14.el7.ppc64.rpm

 

s390x:

pcre-8.32-14.el7.s390.rpm

pcre-8.32-14.el7.s390x.rpm

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.s390.rpm

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.s390x.rpm

pcre-devel-8.32-14.el7.s390.rpm

pcre-devel-8.32-14.el7.s390x.rpm

 

x86_64:

pcre-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm

pcre-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

pcre-devel-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm

pcre-devel-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):

 

ppc64:

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.ppc.rpm

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.ppc64.rpm

pcre-static-8.32-14.el7.ppc.rpm

pcre-static-8.32-14.el7.ppc64.rpm

pcre-tools-8.32-14.el7.ppc64.rpm

 

s390x:

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.s390.rpm

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.s390x.rpm

pcre-static-8.32-14.el7.s390.rpm

pcre-static-8.32-14.el7.s390x.rpm

pcre-tools-8.32-14.el7.s390x.rpm

 

x86_64:

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

pcre-static-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm

pcre-static-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

pcre-tools-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):

 

Source:

pcre-8.32-14.el7.src.rpm

 

x86_64:

pcre-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm

pcre-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

pcre-devel-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm

pcre-devel-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):

 

x86_64:

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm

pcre-debuginfo-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

pcre-static-8.32-14.el7.i686.rpm

pcre-static-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

pcre-tools-8.32-14.el7.x86_64.rpm

 

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and

details on how to verify the signature are available from

https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

 

7. References:

 

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8964

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

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