Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in 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 (memory consumption) via a crafted "complex" regular expression with doubly-nested states.
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DSA-1460-1 | New postgresql-8.1 packages fix several vulnerabilities |
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DSA-1463-1 | New postgresql-7.4 packages fix several vulnerabilities |
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EUVD-2007-6037 | Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in 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 (memory consumption) via a crafted "complex" regular expression with doubly-nested states. |
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USN-568-1 | PostgreSQL vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T15:54:26.630Z
Reserved: 2007-11-21T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2007-6067

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2008-01-09T21:46:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2007-6067


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