Vulnerability Details : CVE-2007-2026
The gnu regular expression code in file 4.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted document with a large number of line feed characters, which is not well handled by OS/2 REXX regular expressions that use wildcards, as originally reported for AMaViS.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2026
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 18.41%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 96 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2007-2026
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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7.8
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
10.0
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6.9
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NIST |
Vendor statements for CVE-2007-2026
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Red Hat 2007-06-07Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of file as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24146
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2071
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=174217
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469520/30/6420/threaded
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:114
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200704-13.xml
- http://www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-3.txt
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http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=755AF709E5B77E6EA58479D5%40foxx.lsit.ucsb.edu&forum_name=amavis-user
- cpe:2.3:a:amavis:virus_scanner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:file:4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*