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CVE-2007-4769

The regular expression parser in TCL before 8.4.17, as used in PostgreSQL 8.2 before 8.2.6, 8.1 before 8.1.11, 8.0 befor

The regular expression parser in TCL before 8.4.17, as used in PostgreSQL 8.2 before 8.2.6, 8.1 before 8.1.11, 8.0 before 8.0.15, and 7.4 before 7.4.19, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (backend crash) via an out-of-bounds backref number.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.01194
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Affected Products & Versions

2
postgresqlall versions
tcl tk<= 8.4.16
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Scoring & Timeline

6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD09 Jan 2008 · 09:46 PM
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Vendor Advisories

3
usnUSN-568-1
rhsaRHSA-2008:0038Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2008:0040Moderate
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References & Sources

38
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01420154
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28359Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28376Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28437Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28438Vendor Advisory
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