CVE-2006-7230 | BDVDB-2026-27796 Detail

Description#

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.0 does not properly calculate the amount of memory needed for a compiled regular expression pattern when the (1) -x or (2) -i UTF-8 options change within the pattern, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (PCRE or glibc crash) via crafted regular expressions.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://secunia.com/advisories/30219
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=384801
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
http://secunia.com/advisories/27773
http://secunia.com/advisories/28406
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10911
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1059.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26550

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http://secunia.com/advisories/28041
http://secunia.com/advisories/27741
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.html
http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/30155
http://secunia.com/advisories/28720
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/28414
http://secunia.com/advisories/30106
http://secunia.com/advisories/28714

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12007-11-15Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.