[Secure-testing-team] Bug#858683: pcre3: CVE-2017-7244

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

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

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for pcre3.

CVE-2017-7244[0]:
| The _pcre32_xclass function in pcre_xclass.c in libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40
| allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory
| read) 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-2017-7244
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7244

Regards,
Salvatore


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