CVE-2006-7225

N/A Unknown
Published: December 03, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (error or crash) via a regular expression that involves a "malformed POSIX character class", as demonstrated via an invalid character after a [[ sequence.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/28041
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1059.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26725
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=384761
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10985
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28041
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1059.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26725
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=384761
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10985
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.6%
73th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

perl

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