Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2007-4768 | First vendor Publication | 2007-11-07 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2011-03-07 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 6.8 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentification | None Required |
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Security Protection
| Impacts | Provides user account access : Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service. |
Detail
Heap-based buffer overflow in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a singleton Unicode sequence in a character class in a regex pattern, which is incorrectly optimized. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4768 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| id | Name |
|---|---|
| CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9701 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9701 | ||
| Title: | Heap-based buffer overflow in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a singleton Unicode sequence in a character class in a regex pattern, which is incorrectly optimized. | ||
| Description: | Heap-based buffer overflow in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a singleton Unicode sequence in a character class in a regex pattern, which is incorrectly optimized. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2007-4768 |
Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 5 |
Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 3 |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| id | Description |
|---|---|
| 40766 | Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) Singleton Unicode Sequence Handling... |
Internal Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2013-05-11 10:36:03 |
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CVE-2007-4768
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