CVE-2007-4772

Public Exploit

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 context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted regular expression.

Category

4.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.07% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory postgresql.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00054.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0134.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:004 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1460 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 vdb entry broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00052.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0122.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27163 vdb entry third party advisory patch
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1768 broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0038.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28454 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485864/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28359 third party advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.905 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00000.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0061 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28679 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0109 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28376 third party advisory
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1810264&group_id=10894&atid=110894 third party advisory exploit
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103197-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/28437 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28455 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28477 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29638 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28479 third party advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=565440&group_id=10894 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29248 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39497 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1463 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0040.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00056.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486407/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:059 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28464 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30535 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28698 third party advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01420154 vendor advisory broken link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200559-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/568-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00049.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00469.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29070 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28438 third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019157 vdb entry third party advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11569 vdb entry third party advisory signature
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00397.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-15.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1071/references vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-4772?
CVE-2007-4772 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-4772?
To fix CVE-2007-4772, 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-2007-4772 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-4772 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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