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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-7230: PCRE: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-7230: PCRE: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/15/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.0 does not properly calculate the amount of memory needed for a compiled regular expression pattern when the (1) -x or (2) -i UTF-8 options change within the pattern, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (PCRE or glibc crash) via crafted regular expressions.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-libpcre

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