CVE-2007-4769

Publication date 9 January 2008

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Description

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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
postgresql-8.1	8.10 intrepid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	7.10 gutsy	Ignored end of life, was needed
	7.04 feisty	Ignored end of life, was needed
	6.10 edgy	Fixed in 8.1.11-0ubuntu0.6.10.1
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed in 8.1.11-0ubuntu0.6.06.1
postgresql-8.2	8.10 intrepid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed in 8.2.6-1
	7.10 gutsy	Fixed in 8.2.6-0ubuntu0.7.10.1
	7.04 feisty	Fixed in 8.2.6-0ubuntu0.7.04.1
	6.10 edgy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-568-1
PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
14 January 2008

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4769