CVE-2006-7230

Published Nov 15, 2007

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.3
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-189

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "9AF2E20E-2F95-4164-9E9C-FBFD5FEBFC2E",
            "versionEndIncluding": "6.9"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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