CVE-2007-4772

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-4772
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 context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted regular expression.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Postgresql Postgresql All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

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rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:004 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: postgresql-8.2.6-1.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
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