CVE-2006-7228

CVE Details

Release Date:

2007-11-14

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.

See more information about CVE-2006-7228 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (python)	ELSA-2007-1076	2007-12-10
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (pcre)	ELSA-2007-1068	2007-12-04
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (python)	ELSA-2007-1076	2007-12-10
Oracle Linux version 5 (pcre)	ELSA-2007-1059	2007-11-30

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