CVE-2006-7227

Description

Integer overflow in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression containing a large number of named subpatterns (name_count) or long subpattern names (max_name_size), which triggers a buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue was originally subsumed by CVE-2006-7224, but that CVE has been REJECTED and split.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.17% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/30219 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10408 signature vdb entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-493.htm
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27773 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28406 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26462 vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1052.html patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27741 third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.html vendor advisory
http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/30155 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27869 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28720 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27582 third party advisory patch
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2007-006.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28414 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30106 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28714 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-7227?
CVE-2006-7227 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-7227?
To fix CVE-2006-7227, 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-2006-7227 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-7227 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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