ALSA-2021:4373

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    ALSA-2021:4373

    Published: 9 Nov 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Low: pcre security update

    Details: PCRE is a Perl-compatible regular expression library. Security Fix(es): * pcre: Buffer over-read in JIT when UTF is disabled and \X or \R has fixed quantifier greater than 1 (CVE-2019-20838) * pcre: Integer overflow when parsing callout numeric arguments (CVE-2020-14155) 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 AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

    References: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-4373.html, https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-20838, https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-14155

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pcre

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/pcre

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8.42-6.el8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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