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Medium ALSA-2022:5809 1 CVE

Moderate: pcre2 security update

Published Aug 3, 2022 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The pcre2 package contains a new generation of the Perl Compatible Regular Expression libraries for implementing regular expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl.
Security Fix(es):
* pcre2: Out-of-bounds read in compile_xclass_matchingpath in pcre2_jit_compile.c (CVE-2022-1586)
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.

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 pcre2 10.32-3.el8_6
AlmaLinux · 8 pcre2-devel 10.32-3.el8_6
AlmaLinux · 8 pcre2-tools 10.32-3.el8_6
AlmaLinux · 8 pcre2-utf16 10.32-3.el8_6
AlmaLinux · 8 pcre2-utf32 10.32-3.el8_6

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1586
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2077976
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-5809.html