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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-1659

Original release date:11/07/2007
Last revised:08/23/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via regex patterns containing unmatched "\Q\E" sequences with orphan "\E" codes.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:6.8 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-352A
Name: TA07-352A
Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
External Source: BID
Name: 26346
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26346
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1399
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1399
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-1842
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00181.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1738
Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1738
External Source: XF
Name: pcre-regex-code-execution(38272)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/38272
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0924
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-4238
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-3790
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3790
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-3725
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3725
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-547-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-547-1
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20071112 FLEA-2007-0064-1 pcre
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/483579/100/0/threaded
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20071106 rPSA-2007-0231-1 pcre
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/483357/100/0/threaded
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:1068
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0967
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0967.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
Hyperlink:http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2007:062
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.html
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2007:025
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:030
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:212
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:212
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:211
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:211
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1570
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm
Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1018895
Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1018895
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200805-11
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200801-19
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200801-18
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200801-02
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200711-30
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30155
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30155
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30106
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30106
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29420
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29267
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29267
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28720
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28720
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28714
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28714
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28658
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28414
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28414
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28406
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28406
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28136
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28041
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28041
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27965
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27773
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27773
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27741
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27741
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27697
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27697
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27598
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27598
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27554
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27554
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27547
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27547
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27543
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27543
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27538
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27538
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9725
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9725
External Source: MLIST
Name: [gtk-devel-list] 20071107 GLib 2.14.3
Hyperlink:http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-November/msg00022.html
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2008:004
Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2008-03-18
Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2007-12-17
Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
External Source: MISC
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976
Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30219
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30219

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9725
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9725

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1659