CVE-2006-7226: Double Free
First published: Thu Nov 15 2007(Updated: )
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 does not properly calculate the compiled memory allocation for regular expressions that involve a quantified "subpattern containing a named recursion or subroutine reference," which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (error or crash).
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =4.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =4.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =4.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =4.0 |
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Reference Links
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=384781
- http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1059.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26727
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28041
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40020
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11545
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=259921&action=diff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=259921&action=edit
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1059.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html
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