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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

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