Title : GNOME GLib Security Update Fixes PCRE Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0592 CVE ID : CVE-2008-0674
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-02-19
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in GNOME GLib, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrry code. This issue is caused by an error in PCRE. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0570