CVE-2006-7228
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2006-7228 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2007-11-14 21:46:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| CESA-2007-006 - rev 3 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | scary.beasts.org | |
| [Security-announce] VMSA-2008-0003 Moderate: Updated aacraid driver and samba and python service console updates | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.vmware.com | |
| Red Hat update for php - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| VMware ESX Server Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| SUSE update for pcre - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Gentoo update for pcre - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Gentoo Bug 198976 - dev-lang/R < 2.2.1-r1 Multiple issues in embedded PCRE | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.gentoo.org | |
| Chicken: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| Red Hat update for python - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1570-1 kazehakase | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Gentoo update for chicken - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Chicken PCRE Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- PCRE: Multiple vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: php4, php5 (SUSE-SA:2008 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Python: PCRE Integer overflow | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Security Announcement | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.novell.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Gentoo update for kazehakase - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| SUSE update for php4 and php5 - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- R: Multiple vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:030 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| PCRE Regular Expression Library Multiple Integer and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Debian update for kazehakase - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Red Hat update for pcre - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Gentoo update for goffice - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| www.pcre.org/changelog.txt | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.pcre.org | |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GOffice: Multiple vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| Bug 383371 – CVE-2006-7228 pcre integer overflow | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat update for python - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| ASA-2007-505 (RHSA-2007-1068) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.avaya.com | |
| Avaya Products PCRE Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| PCRE Regex Parsing Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Patch |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Kazehakase: Multiple vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| R PCRE Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| VMware ESX Server Multiple Security Updates - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:012 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| [Security-announce] VMSA-2008-0007 Moderate Updated Service Console packages pcre, net-snmp, and OpenPegasus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.vmware.com | |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Gentoo update for python - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Gentoo update for R - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| access.redhat.com | CVE-2006-7228 | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.