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TITLE:
Fedora update for pcre

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30958

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30958/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/product/18642/
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/product/16769/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for pcre. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) or potentially compromise an application using the library.

For more information:
SA30916

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update pcre").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SA30916:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30916/

OTHER REFERENCES:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00182.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00181.html

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