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CVE-2007-4772 Details

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.

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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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01420154 CVEBroken Link
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00000.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00049.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00052.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-399Resource Management Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
postgresql postgresql
>= 7.4, < 7.4.19
>= 8.0, < 8.0.15
>= 8.1, < 8.1.11
>= 8.2, < 8.2.6

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
tcl tcl/tk
< 8.4.17

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:tcl:tcl/tk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
3.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
6.06
6.10
7.04
7.10

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

13 change records found show changes


QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-4772
NVD Published Date:
Jan 9, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2007-4772 Details - Not Deferred