Executive Summary

Informations
NameCVE-2007-1659First vendor Publication2007-11-07
VendorCveLast vendor Modification2011-08-23

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score6.8Attack RangeNetwork
Cvss Impact Score6.4Attack ComplexityMedium
Cvss Expoit Score8.6AuthentificationNone Required
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Security Protection

ImpactsProvides unauthorized access : Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service.

Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1659

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

idName
CWE-119Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9725
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9725
Title: 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.
Description: 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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-1659
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application1

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

idDescription
40763Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) Unmatched "\Q\E" Sequence Arbitrary...

Internal Sources (Detail)

SourceUrl
APPLEhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
BIDhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26346
BUGTRAQhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/483357/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/483579/100/0/threaded
CERThttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
CONFIRMhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm
http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1738
DEBIANhttp://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1399
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570
FEDORAhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00181.html
GENTOOhttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml
MANDRIVAhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:211
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:212
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030
MISChttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976
MLISThttp://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-November/msg00022.html
REDHAThttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0967.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html
SECTRACKhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1018895
SECUNIAhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27538
http://secunia.com/advisories/27543
http://secunia.com/advisories/27547
http://secunia.com/advisories/27554
http://secunia.com/advisories/27598
http://secunia.com/advisories/27697
http://secunia.com/advisories/27741
http://secunia.com/advisories/27773
http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
http://secunia.com/advisories/28041
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
http://secunia.com/advisories/28406
http://secunia.com/advisories/28414
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
http://secunia.com/advisories/28714
http://secunia.com/advisories/28720
http://secunia.com/advisories/29267
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
http://secunia.com/advisories/30106
http://secunia.com/advisories/30155
http://secunia.com/advisories/30219
SUSEhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.html
UBUNTUhttp://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-547-1
VUPENhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3725
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3790
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
XFhttp://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/38272

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