Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200711-30 (libpcre)

Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200711-30.
Solution
All PCRE users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/libpcre-7.3-r1' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200711-30 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198198
Insight
PCRE is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflow and memory corruption vulnerabilities, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code.