CVE-2015-8393 Information

Description

pcregrep in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the -q option for binary files which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted file as demonstrated by a CGI script that sends stdout data to a client.

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990 https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02