PCRE 6.6 numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in PCRE 6.6. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-7227. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in PCRE 6.6 (Programming Tool Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer overflow in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression containing a large number of named subpatterns (name_count) or long subpattern names (max_name_size), which triggers a buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue was originally subsumed by CVE-2006-7224, but that CVE has been REJECTED and split.

The weakness was shared 11/14/2007 by Chris Evans (Website). The advisory is available at redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-7227 since 11/14/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 28319 (GLSA-200711-30 : PCRE: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo 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 Tenable (28319), SecurityFocus (BID 26462†) and Secunia (SA27582†). The entries VDB-3287, VDB-3284, VDB-3285 and VDB-3282 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 28319
Nessus Name: GLSA-200711-30 : PCRE: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 60938
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1570-1 (kazehakase)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PCRE 6.6

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11/26/2007 +11 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Chris Evans
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-7227 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-7227
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39674

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SecurityFocus: 26462 - PCRE Regular Expression Library Multiple Integer and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 27582

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 07/29/2021 16:56
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (56), 04/13/2017 12:26 (6), 07/29/2021 16:56 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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