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High
CVE-2007-2026
The gnu regular expression code in file 4.20 allows context-dependent...
Vulnerability Description
The gnu regular expression code in file 4.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted document with a large number of line feed characters, which is not well handled by OS/2 REXX regular expressions that use wildcards, as originally reported for AMaViS.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=174217
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24918
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200704-13.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=755AF709E5B77E6EA58479D5%40foxx.lsit.ucsb.edu&forum_name=amavis-user
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311
- http://www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-3.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25544
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:114
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25578
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469520/30/6420/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2071
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25394
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24146
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
4.20
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 13th, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.