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
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MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=384781 CONFIRM:http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt CONFIRM:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2008:030 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030 REDHAT:RHSA-2007:1059 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1059.html REDHAT:RHSA-2007:1068 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html SUSE:SUSE-SA:2008:004 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html BID:26727 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26727 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11545 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11545 SECUNIA:28041 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28041 SECUNIA:28658 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 XF:pcre-library-subpattern-dos(40020) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40020
Assigning CNA
N/A
Date Entry Created
20071113	Disclaimer: The entry 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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