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CVE-2006-7230 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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27741 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27773 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28041 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28406 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28414 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28714 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28720 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30106 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30155 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30219 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1059.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26550 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=384801 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10911 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-7230
NVD Published Date:
11/15/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.