CVE-2006-7228

Description

Integer overflow in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that involves large (1) min, (2) max, or (3) duplength values that cause an incorrect length calculation and trigger a buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-7227. 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 2.88% Top 15%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383371
http://secunia.com/advisories/30219 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27776 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml vendor advisory
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000005.html mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/28050 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0546.html 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/archive/1/490917/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/29032 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1065.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31124 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29085 third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1077.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488457/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26462 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29785 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1076.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0637 vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1059.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1234/references vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/28041 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-10.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28027 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27741 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10810 vdb entry signature
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:012 vendor 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://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1063.html vendor 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://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000014.html mailing list
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-2006-7228?
CVE-2006-7228 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-7228?
To fix CVE-2006-7228, 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-2006-7228 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-7228 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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