CVE-2007-4772

CVE Details

Release Date:

2008-01-07

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.

See more information about CVE-2007-4772 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	1.5	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	Requires single instance	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

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