CVE-2007-1659
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.3 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.04 Low
EPSS
Percentile
92.1%
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via regex patterns containing unmatched “\Q\E” sequences with orphan “\E” codes.
Affected configurations
References
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976
docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-November/msg00022.html
secunia.com/advisories/27538
secunia.com/advisories/27543
secunia.com/advisories/27547
secunia.com/advisories/27554
secunia.com/advisories/27598
secunia.com/advisories/27697
secunia.com/advisories/27741
secunia.com/advisories/27773
secunia.com/advisories/27965
secunia.com/advisories/28041
secunia.com/advisories/28136
secunia.com/advisories/28406
secunia.com/advisories/28414
secunia.com/advisories/28658
secunia.com/advisories/28714
secunia.com/advisories/28720
secunia.com/advisories/29267
secunia.com/advisories/29420
secunia.com/advisories/30106
secunia.com/advisories/30155
secunia.com/advisories/30219
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml
securitytracker.com/id?1018895
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm
www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1399
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:211
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:212
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.html
www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0967.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483357/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483579/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/26346
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3725
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3790
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38272
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1738
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9725
usn.ubuntu.com/547-1/
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00181.html
Related
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.3 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.04 Low
EPSS
Percentile
92.1%