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Low RLSA-2021:4373 2 CVEs

Low: pcre security update

Published Nov 9, 2021 · Updated Feb 5, 2026

Summary

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 Rocky Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 pcre 0:8.42-6.el8

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1848436
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1848444