National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-4768

Overview

Heap-based buffer overflow in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a singleton Unicode sequence in a character class in a regex pattern, which is incorrectly optimized.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-355A

Name: TA07-355A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-355A.html

US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-352A

Name: TA07-352A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.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-class-unicode-bo(38278)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/38278

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1966

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1966/references

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1724

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1724/references

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-0924

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-4258

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4258

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: 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: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2007:1126

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1126.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:211

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

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200801-07

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-07.xml

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: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-20.html

Hyperlink:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-20.html

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 239286

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239286-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1019116

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1019116

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: 30840

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30840

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30106

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

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: 28570

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28570

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: 28161

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28161

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28157

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28157

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28136

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

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: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9701

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9701

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-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=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: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-1842

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00181.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html

Hyperlink:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 238305

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238305-1

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200805-11

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30507

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30507

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: 28213

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28213

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2007:069

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00007.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-03-18

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562

Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9701

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9701