PCRE is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists through a heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength
function of pcre_compile.c
.
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?revision=1609&view=markup
vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1571
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/3
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2016-2881694.html#AppendixMSQL
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html#AppendixMSQL
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html#AppendixMSQL
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/75430
www.securitytracker.com/id/1033154
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3452
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3459
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3471
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5444
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1651
mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10021-release-notes/
mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10022-release-notes/
mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10023-release-notes/
mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10024-release-notes/
mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10025-release-notes/
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02