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rPath Security Advisory: 2008-0063-1
Published: 2008-02-13
Products:
rPath Linux 1

Rating: Minor
Exposure Level Classification:
Indirect Deterministic Denial of Service
Updated Versions:
boost=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/1.33.1-1.1-1

rPath Issue Tracking System:
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2143

References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename...=CVE-2008-0171
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename...=CVE-2008-0172

Description:
Previous versions of the boost package are vulnerable to multiple
Denials of Service in which attackers may use invalid regular
expressions to trigger crashes in applications that use the boost
regular expression library.

http://wiki.rpath.com/AdvisoriesPSA-2008-0063

Copyright 2008 rPath, Inc.
This file is distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
A copy is available at http://www.rpath.com/permanent/mit-license.html