CVE-2007-1662

Published: 7 November 2007

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 reads past the end of the string when searching for unmatched brackets and parentheses, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), possibly involving forward references.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
pcre3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (7.4-0ubuntu0.6.06.1)
	edgy	Released (7.4-0ubuntu0.6.10.1)
	feisty	Released (7.4-0ubuntu0.7.04.1)
	gutsy	Released (7.4-0ubuntu0.7.10.1)
	upstream	Released (7.3)

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-547-1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-1662
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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