MEDIUM
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).
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.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26727
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=384781
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40020
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11545
Source: MITRE
Published: 2007-12-03
Updated: 2017-10-11
Type: NVD-CWE-Other
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 8.6
Severity: MEDIUM