CVE-2007-4772

CVE Details

Release Date:	2008-01-07
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	1.5
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (postgresql)	ELSA-2008-0038	2008-01-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (postgresql)	ELSA-2008-0038	2008-01-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (tcl)	ELSA-2013-0122	2013-01-11