National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-4767

Overview

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 does not properly compute the length of (1) a \p sequence, (2) a \P sequence, or (3) a \P{x} sequence, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or crash) or execute arbitrary code.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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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: 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: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt

Hyperlink:http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1570

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1399

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1399

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30106

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30106

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-p-sequence-bo(38277)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/38277

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-547-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-547-1

External Source: BID

Name: 26346

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26346

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: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2007:062

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:211

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:211

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: 30219

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30219

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30155

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30155

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29420

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29420

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29267

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29267

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28720

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28720

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28714

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28714

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28414

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28414

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28406

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28406

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28136

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28136

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27773

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27773

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27741

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27741

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27697

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27697

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27554

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27554

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27543

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27543

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27538

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27538

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: 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