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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-7228

Original release date:11/14/2007
Last revised:03/08/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:6.8 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27582
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27582
External Source: MISC
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383371
Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383371
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1234
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1234/references
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0637
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0637
External Source: BID
Name: 26462
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26462
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080416 VMSA-2008-0007 Moderate Updated Service Console packages pcre, net-snmp, and OpenPegasus
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/490917/100/0/threaded
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:1077
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1077.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:1076
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1076.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:1068
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:1065
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1065.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:1063
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1063.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:1059
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1059.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
Hyperlink:http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2007:062
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:030
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:012
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:012
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1570
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm
Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200801-19
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200801-18
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200801-02
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200711-30
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30106
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30106
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28720
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28720
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28714
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28714
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28658
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28414
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28414
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28406
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28406
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28050
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28050
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28041
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28041
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28027
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28027
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27776
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27776
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27773
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27773
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27741
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27741
External Source: MISC
Name: http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2007-006.html
Hyperlink:http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2007-006.html
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10810
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10810
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2008:004
Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
External Source: MISC
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976
Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080221 VMSA-2008-0003 Moderate: Updated aacraid driver and samba and python service console updates
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/488457/100/0/threaded
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0546
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0546.html
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200805-11
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200802-10
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-10.xml
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31124
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31124
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30219
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30219
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30155
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30155
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29785
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29785
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29085
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29085
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29032
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29032
External Source: MLIST
Name: [Security-announce] 20080415 VMSA-2008-0007 Moderate Updated Service Console packages pcre, net-snmp, and OpenPegasus
Hyperlink:http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000014.html
External Source: MLIST
Name: [Security-announce] 20080221 VMSA-2008-0003 Moderate: Updated aacraid driver and samba and python service console updates
Hyperlink:http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000005.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10810
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10810

Vulnerable software and versions

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Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-7228