CVE-2006-7225

Description

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (error or crash) via a regular expression that involves a "malformed POSIX character class", as demonstrated via an invalid character after a [[ sequence.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.15% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10985 vdb entry signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26725 vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=384761
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1059.html patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28041 third party advisory
http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-7225?
CVE-2006-7225 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-7225?
To fix CVE-2006-7225, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-7225 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-7225 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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