UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8393

pcregrep in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the -q option for binary files, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted file, as demonstrated by a CGI script that sends stdout data to a client.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / pcre3

Package

Name: pcre3
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/pcre3@1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2

Affected versions

1:8.*

1:8.31-2

1:8.31-2ubuntu2

1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcrecpp0",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pcregrep",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}