Description
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 (backend crash) via an out-of-bounds backref number.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 6.8/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:CWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01420154
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28359Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28376Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28437Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28438Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28454Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28455Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28464Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28477
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28479Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28679Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28698Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29638Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-15.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019157
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=565440&group_id=10894
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1810264&group_id=10894&atid=110894
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103197-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200559-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1460
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1463
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:004
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.905
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0038.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0040.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485864/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486407/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27163Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0061Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0109Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1071/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39499
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1768
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9804
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/568-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00397.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00469.html
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01420154
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28359Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28376Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28437Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28438Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28454Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28455Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28464Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28477
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28479Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28679Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28698Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29638Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-15.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019157
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=565440&group_id=10894
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1810264&group_id=10894&atid=110894
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103197-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200559-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1460
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1463
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 9, 2008
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified