USN-624-2: Erlang vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 9.10

Packages

• erlang -

Details

USN-624-1 fixed a vulnerability in PCRE. This update provides the
corresponding update for Erlang.

Original advisory details:

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.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 9.10

• erlang-base - 1:13.b.1-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2008-2371

Related notices

• USN-628-1: libapache2-mod-php5, php5-curl, php5, php5-cgi, php5-cli
• USN-624-1: pcre3, libpcre3