source: pcre3
date: August 29th, 2005
author: Joey Hess
vuln-type: buffer overflow
problem-scope: remote
debian-specific: no
cve: CVE-2005-2491
testing-fix: 6.3-0.1etch1
sid-fix: 6.3-1
upgrade: apt-get install libpcre3

An integer overflow in pcre_compile.c in Perl Compatible Regular Expressions
(PCRE) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via quantifier values in
regular expressions, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.