RLSA-2020:4539

Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2020:4539.json
Related
Published
2020-11-03T12:13:54Z
Modified
2023-02-02T14:09:08.607379Z
Summary
Moderate: pcre2 security and enhancement update
Details

The pcre2 package contains a new generation of the Perl Compatible Regular Expression libraries for implementing regular expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl.

Security Fix(es):

  • pcre: Out of bounds read in JIT mode when \X is used in non-UTF mode (CVE-2019-20454)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

References

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:8 / pcre2

Package

Name
pcre2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0The exact introduced commit is unknown
Fixed
0:10.32-2.el8