[Secure-testing-team] Bug#858679: pcre3: CVE-2017-7246

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: pcre3
Version: 2:8.39-2.1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for pcre3.

CVE-2017-7246[0]:
| Stack-based buffer overflow in the pcre32_copy_substring function in
| pcre_get.c in libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40 allows remote attackers to cause a
| denial of service (WRITE of size 268) or possibly have unspecified
| other impact via a crafted file.

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

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7246
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7246

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore