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CVE-2007-4772


The regular expression parser in TCL before 8.4.17, as used in PostgreSQL 8.2 before 8.2.6, 8.1 before 8.1.11, 8.0 before 8.0.15, and 7.4 before 7.4.19, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted regular expression.


Published

2008-01-09T21:46:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application postgresql postgresql < 7.4.19 Yes
Application postgresql postgresql < 8.0.15 Yes
Application postgresql postgresql < 8.1.11 Yes
Application postgresql postgresql < 8.2.6 Yes
Application tcl tcl\/tk < 8.4.17 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 3.1 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 6.06 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 6.10 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 7.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 7.10 Yes

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