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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.3/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28041
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030
- http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1059.htmlPatch
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.htmlPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26725
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=384761
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10985
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28041
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030
- http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1059.htmlPatch
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.htmlPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26725
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=384761
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10985
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 3, 2007
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified