CVE-2007-2026
Published Apr 13, 2007
Last updated 6 years ago
Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.8
- Impact score
- 6.9
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
Vendor comments
- Red HatNot vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of file as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:amavis:virus_scanner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "CCDCFA35-BDEE-4AF2-8213-EB1C467B7BDC"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:file:4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "F78600C6-AECC-4B8F-BD32-74C7722CE17D"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]