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CVE-2007-1659

Date: November 7, 2007

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.

Severity Score

5.6

Related Resources (61)

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483357/100/0/threaded

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

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

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

Url: http://securitytracker.com/id?1018895

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1659

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

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

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

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

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

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030

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

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27598

Url: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-November/msg00022.html

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html

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

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3790

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

Url: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml

Url: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179

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

Url: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28658

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27965

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

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-1659

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

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38272

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

Url: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1738

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html

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

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

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:212

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

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

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483579/100/0/threaded

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28041

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml

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

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0967.html

Url: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976

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

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3725

Url: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm

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

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html

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

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/547-1/

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9725

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

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27547

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2007-1659

Severity Score

5.6

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.6
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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