[Secure-testing-team] Bug#809706: pcre3: CVE-2016-1283

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: pcre3
Version: 2:8.35-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1767

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for pcre3.

CVE-2016-1283[0]:
PCRE Library Heap Overflow Vulnerability

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

No upstream commit is available at this time yet, but opening a bug to
track the issue.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1283
[1] https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1767

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore