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Security Update: Ubuntu Linux PCRE Vulnerability (libpcre3)

Posted by Vivek Gite [Last updated: July 15, 2008]

Tavis Ormandy discovered that the PCRE library did not correctly handle certain in-pattern options. An attacker could cause applications linked against pcre3 to crash, leading to a denial of service.

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases for CVE-2008-2371:

=> Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
=> Ubuntu 7.04
=> Ubuntu 7.10
=> Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

How do I fix this issue?

Type the following two commands, enter:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade

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