DEBIAN-CVE-2006-7226

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-7226
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-7226.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-7226
Upstream
Published
2007-12-03T20:46:00Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:12:35.008348Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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).

References

Affected packages

Debian:11

glib2.0

Package

Name
glib2.0
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glib2.0?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.14.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

pcre3

Package

Name
pcre3
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12

glib2.0

Package

Name
glib2.0
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glib2.0?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.14.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

pcre3

Package

Name
pcre3
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13

glib2.0

Package

Name
glib2.0
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glib2.0?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.14.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:14

glib2.0

Package

Name
glib2.0
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glib2.0?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.14.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}