CVE-2007-4772
N/A
Published: January 9, 2008 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:44 PM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxPostgreSQL
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%7.4 ≤ v < 7.4.198.0 ≤ v < 8.0.158.1 ≤ v < 8.1.118.2 ≤ v < 8.2.6
Affected range stops below 7.4.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.0.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.1.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.2.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01420154
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00054.html
References (53)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HPBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01420154x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00000.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00049.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00052.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00054.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00056.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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