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CVE-2007-2026
published 2007-04-13

CVE-2007-2026: The gnu regular expression code in file 4.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted document with a…

PriorityP425high7.8CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNINAC
EPSS
2.09%
79.6th percentile
The gnu regular expression code in file 4.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted document with a large number of line feed characters, which is not well handled by OS/2 REXX regular expressions that use wildcards, as originally reported for AMaViS.

Affected

6 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianfile< file 4.20-6 (bookworm)file 4.20-6 (bookworm)
file_projectfile>= 0 < 4.20-64.20-6
file_projectfile>= 0 < 4.20-64.20-6
file_projectfile>= 0 < 4.20-64.20-6
file_projectfile>= 0 < 4.20-64.20-6
gentoofile

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.07.8HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat8.2HIGH
vendor_debian7.8LOW
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