CVE-2007-2026

Description

The gnu regular expression code in file 4.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted document with a large number of line feed characters, which is not well handled by OS/2 REXX regular expressions that use wildcards, as originally reported for AMaViS.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.70% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=174217
http://secunia.com/advisories/24918	third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200704-13.xml	vendor advisory
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=755AF709E5B77E6EA58479D5%40foxx.lsit.ucsb.edu&forum_name=amavis-user
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311
http://www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-3.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/25544	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:114	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25578	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469520/30/6420/threaded	mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2071	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/25394	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24146	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-2026?: CVE-2007-2026 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-2026?: To fix CVE-2007-2026, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-2026 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-2026 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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