CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.6 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in PCRE 6.6 (Programming Tool Software). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-189. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was published 11/14/2007 by Chris Evans (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-7228 since 11/14/2007. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67614 (Oracle Linux 3 / 4 : python (ELSA-2007-1076)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165666 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update php4, php5 (SUSE-SA:2008:004)).
Upgrading to version 6.6 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38581) and Tenable (67614). Similar entries are available at 3287, 3284, 3285 and 3282.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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Exploiting
Class: Numeric errorCWE: CWE-189
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 67614
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 3 / 4 : python (ELSA-2007-1076)
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OpenVAS ID: 60938
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1570-1 (kazehakase)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: PCRE 6.6
Timeline
11/07/2007 🔍11/08/2007 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: secunia.com⛔Researcher: Chris Evans
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-7228 (🔍)
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X-Force: 38581
Vulnerability Center: 16978 - Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution, High
SecurityFocus: 26462 - PCRE Regular Expression Library Multiple Integer and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 27582 - PCRE Regex Parsing Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-0637
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 13:43Updated: 07/29/2021 17:03
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (65), 04/13/2017 12:26 (14), 07/29/2021 17:03 (2)
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