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CVE-2007-2026 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=174217	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/24918	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25394	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25544	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25578	CVE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311	CVE
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=755AF709E5B77E6EA58479D5%40foxx.lsit.ucsb.edu&forum_name=amavis-user	CVE
http://www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-3.txt	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200704-13.xml	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:114	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469520/30/6420/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24146	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2071	CVE
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=174217	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/24918	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/25394	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/25544	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/25578	[email protected]
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311	[email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=755AF709E5B77E6EA58479D5%40foxx.lsit.ucsb.edu&forum_name=amavis-user	[email protected]
http://www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-3.txt	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200704-13.xml	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:114	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469520/30/6420/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24146	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2071	[email protected]

see all 26 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
amavis virus scanner	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:amavis:virus_scanner:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
gentoo file	4.20
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:file:4.20:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 16, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 17, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]