CVE-2007-6067
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in 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 remote authenticated users to cause a denial of…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.85%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in 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 remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted "complex" regular expression with doubly-nested states.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 3.85% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- postgresql/postgresql · tcl tk/tcl tk
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01420154
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00000.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0122.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28359Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28376
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28437
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28438
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28454
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28455
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28464
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28477
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28479
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28679
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28698
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29638
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-15.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019157
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=565440&group_id=10894
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1810264&group_id=10894&atid=110894Exploit
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103197-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200559-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1460
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1463
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:004
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.905
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0038.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0040.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485864/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486407/100/0/threaded
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.