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>> Ubuntu Security Update Fixes Libpcre3 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : Ubuntu Security Update Fixes Libpcre3 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-1511
CVE ID : CVE-2005-2491
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-08-24
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Ubuntu has released updated packages to correct a vulnerability identified in Libpcre3. This flaw is due to an integer overflow error in PCRE [pcre_compile.c] when handling specially crafted regular expressions, which could be exploited by remote attackers (able to send regular expressions) to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the application using the vulnerable library.
Affected Products
Ubuntu 4.10
Ubuntu 5.04
Solution
Upgrade the affected package to version 4.5-1.1ubuntu0.4.10 (for Ubuntu 4.10), or 4.5-1.1ubuntu0.5.04 (for Ubuntu 5.04).
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1511
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-173-1
ChangeLog
2005-08-24 : Initial release
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