CVE-2007-4769

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-4769
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-01-09 21:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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 (backend crash) via an out-of-bounds backref number.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.1 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.10 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.11 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.12 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.13 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.14 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.15 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.16 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.19 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.2 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.3 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.4 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.6 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.8 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.9 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.1 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.10 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.11 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.12 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.13 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.14 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.16 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.17 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.2 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.3 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.4 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.5 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.6 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.7 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.8 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.9 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0.1 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0.11 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0.13 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0.2 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0.3 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0.317 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0.4 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0.5 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0.7 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0.8 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0.9 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.1.1 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.1.3 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.1.4 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.1.5 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.1.7 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.1.8 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.1.9 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.2 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.2.2 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.2.3 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.2.4 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:004 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SUSE update for postgresql - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
USN-568-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Tcl / Read-Only Bugs / #3810 O(N^2) compile time for some regexps af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
SecurityTracker.com Archives - PostgreSQL Bugs Let Remote Authenticated Users Deny Service and Obtain Elevated Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Mandriva update for postgresql - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for postgresql - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for postgresql-7.4 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
PostgreSQL Multiple Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
HP Internet Express for Tru64 UNIX Multiple PostgreSQL Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
PostgreSQL Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Tcl download | SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: postgresql-8.2.6-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
rPath update for postgresql and postgresql-server - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1460-1 postgresql-8.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Red Hat update for postgresql - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1768 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: PostgreSQL security issu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20000.www2.hp.com
Sun Solaris 10 PostgreSQL Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for postgresql - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian update for postgresql - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: postgresql-8.2.6-1.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
PostgreSQL: News: 2008-01-07 Cumulative Security Update Release af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.postgresql.org
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Gentoo update for postgresql - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1463-1 postgresql-7.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
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