Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201583850000000
Revision Date:2015-12-02Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-8385 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?|(\k'Pm')|(?'Pm'))/ pattern and related patterns with certain forward references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-8385
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND pcre3 package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '2:8.38-3').
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