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Gentoo Security Update Fixes PCRE Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Title : Gentoo Security Update Fixes PCRE Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0906
CVE ID : CVE-2008-0674
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-03-18

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Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Gentoo, 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 : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0570

ChangeLog

2008-03-18 : Initial release

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