Re: [pcre-dev] CVE-2008-2371

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Nuno Lopes
CC: Venu Alatzeth, pcre-dev
Subject: Re: [pcre-dev] CVE-2008-2371
On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Nuno Lopes wrote:

> While it may not (I haven't checked, but probably not), PCRE < 7 also have
> their security bugs. That's one of the reasons that made the author refactor
> that piece code (along with maintenance issues).
> So, my advise is to upgrade.


Mine too. I'm afraid I am not inclined to dig out a nearly 4-year-old
version (September 2004) and try to remember how it worked, just to
check this one point.

Philip

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