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pcre: two arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities

Package(s):pcre CVE #(s):CVE-2007-1659 CVE-2007-1660
Created:November 6, 2007 Updated:July 16, 2008
Description: Multiple flaws were found in the way pcre handles certain malformed regular expressions. If an application linked against pcre, such as Konqueror, parses a malicious regular expression, it may be possible to run arbitrary code as the user running the application. (CVE-2007-1659, CVE-2007-1660)
Alerts:
Red Hat RHSA-2008:0546-01 2008-07-16
Debian DSA-1570-1 2008-05-06
Fedora FEDORA-2008-1842 2008-03-06
Mandriva MDVSA-2008:030 2008-01-31
SuSE SUSE-SA:2008:004 2008-01-29
SuSE SUSE-SR:2007:025 2007-12-05
Red Hat RHSA-2007:1065-01 2007-11-29
Red Hat RHSA-2007:1068-01 2007-11-29
Red Hat RHSA-2007:1063-01 2007-11-29
Gentoo 200711-30 2007-11-20
Ubuntu USN-547-1 2007-11-27
SuSE SUSE-SA:2007:062 2007-11-23
Foresight FLEA-2007-0064-1 2007-11-11
Mandriva MDKSA-2007:213 2007-11-08
Mandriva MDKSA-2007:212 2007-11-08
Mandriva MDKSA-2007:211 2007-11-08
rPath rPSA-2007-0231-1 2007-11-06
Debian DSA-1399-1 2007-11-05
Red Hat RHSA-2007:0968-01 2007-11-05
Red Hat RHSA-2007:0967-01 2007-11-05
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