CVE-2007-2026
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2007-2026 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2007-04-13 18:19:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2018-10-16 16:41:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Amavis | Virus Scanner | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Amavis | Virus Scanner | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Gentoo | File | 4.20 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gentoo | File | 4.20 | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandriva update for file - Advisories - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- File: Denial of Service | GENTOO | www.gentoo.org | |
| Webmail - OVH | VUPEN | www.vupen.com | |
| Amavis file Integer Underflow and Denial of Service - Advisories - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| Gentoo Bug 174217 - sys-apps/file < 4.21-r1 Denial of Service (CVE-2007-2026) | CONFIRM | bugs.gentoo.org | |
| issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311 | CONFIRM | issues.rpath.com | |
| AMaViS - A Mail Virus Scanner / Thread: [AMaViS-user] file chokes on too many line feed chars | MISC | sourceforge.net | |
| 404 Not Found | CONFIRM | www.amavis.org | |
| SecurityFocus | BUGTRAQ | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDKSA-2007:114 | Mandriva | MANDRIVA | www.mandriva.com | |
| Gentoo file Denial of Service Security Issue - Advisories - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| rPath update for file - Advisories - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| File Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities | BID | www.securityfocus.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2007-06-07 | Mark J Cox | Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of file as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5. |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.