Summary
The remote host is missing an update to pcre3
announced via advisory DSA 1602-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201602-1
Insight
Tavis Ormandy discovered that PCRE, the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression library, may encounter a heap overflow condition when compiling certain regular expressions involving in-pattern options and branches, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 6.7+7.4-4.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your pcre3 packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-2371 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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