CVE-2007-4769

Description

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 remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (backend crash) via an out-of-bounds backref number.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.08% Top 25%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:004 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1460 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27163 vdb entry patch
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1768
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0038.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28454 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485864/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/28359 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.905
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0061 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28679 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0109 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28376 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1810264&group_id=10894&atid=110894
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103197-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28437 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28455 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28477 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29638 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28479 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=565440&group_id=10894
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1463 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0040.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486407/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/28464 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28698 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01420154 vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200559-1 vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/568-1/ vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00469.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28438 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39499 vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019157 vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00397.html vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-15.xml vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1071/references vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9804 vdb entry signature

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-4769?
CVE-2007-4769 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-4769?
To fix CVE-2007-4769, 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-2007-4769 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-4769 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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