Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-7230

Title: Pcre Denial of Service (DoS)

Denial of Service (DoS)

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2006-7230.

CWE Category CWE-189
Published Date Nov 15, 2007
Modified Date Apr 09, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.67%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-7230: 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.

Impacted Vendors

P
pcre 1
P
perl 1

Reference Links

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html http://secunia.com/advisories/27741 http://secunia.com/advisories/27773 http://secunia.com/advisories/28041 http://secunia.com/advisories/28406 http://secunia.com/advisories/28414 http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 http://secunia.com/advisories/28714 http://secunia.com/advisories/28720 http://secunia.com/advisories/30106 http://secunia.com/advisories/30155 http://secunia.com/advisories/30219 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.html http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1059.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26550 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=384801 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10911 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html http://secunia.com/advisories/27741 http://secunia.com/advisories/27773 http://secunia.com/advisories/28041 http://secunia.com/advisories/28406 http://secunia.com/advisories/28414 http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 http://secunia.com/advisories/28714 http://secunia.com/advisories/28720 http://secunia.com/advisories/30106 http://secunia.com/advisories/30155 http://secunia.com/advisories/30219 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.html http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1059.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26550 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=384801 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10911
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-7230 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.