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CVE-2006-7226
Published: Dec 3, 2007
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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).
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
MDVSA-2008:030
vendor-advisory
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SUSE-SA:2008:004
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
28658
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11545
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
26727
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm
x_refsource_CONFIRM
RHSA-2007:1068
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2007:1059
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
28041
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=384781
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
x_refsource_CONFIRM
pcre-library-subpattern-dos(40020)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
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