CVE - CVE-2006-7226

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-7226	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 does not properly calculate the compiled memory allocation for regular expressions that involve a quantified "subpattern containing a named recursion or subroutine reference," which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (error or crash).
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:26727 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26727 MISC:28041 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28041 MISC:28658 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 MISC:MDVSA-2008:030 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2007:1059 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1059.html MISC:RHSA-2007:1068 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2008:004 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html MISC:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm URL:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm MISC:http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt URL:http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=384781 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=384781 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11545 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11545 MISC:pcre-library-subpattern-dos(40020) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40020
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20071113	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20071113)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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