CVE-2007-1659

Publication date 7 November 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pcre3 7.10 gutsy
Fixed in 7.4-0ubuntu0.7.10.1
7.04 feisty
Fixed in 7.4-0ubuntu0.7.04.1
6.10 edgy
Fixed in 7.4-0ubuntu0.6.10.1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed in 7.4-0ubuntu0.6.06.1

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-547-1
    • PCRE vulnerabilities
    • 27 November 2007

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