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TITLE:
GNOME Glib PCRE pcre_compile.c Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30944

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30944/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
GNOME GLib 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/17585/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in GNOME Glib, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and
potentially compromise an application using the library.

The vulnerability is caused due to the use of a vulnerable code of
the PCRE library.

For more information:
SA30916

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.16.4.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.16.4.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Originally reported in PCRE by Tavis Ormandy.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changes

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA30916:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30916/

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