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CVE-2006-7226 Detail

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).


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030
http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1059.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26727
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=384781
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40020
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11545

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-7226
NVD Published Date:
12/03/2007
NVD Last Modified:
10/10/2017
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.