CVE-2007-1659

Publication date 7 November 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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

Other references