Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201631910000000
Revision Date:2016-03-17Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-3191 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:The compile_branch function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.x before 8.39 and pcre2_compile.c in PCRE2 before 10.22 mishandles patterns containing an (*ACCEPT) substring in conjunction with nested parentheses, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, aka ZDI-CAN-3542.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-3191
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • pcre2 package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '10.21-1').
  • OR 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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