CVE-2007-1659

NameCVE-2007-1659
DescriptionPerl-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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1399-1, DSA-1570-1, DTSA-77-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
glib2.0 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.42.1-1+deb8u8fixed
stretch (security)2.50.3-2+deb9u3fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2.50.3-2+deb9u7fixed
buster, buster (lts)2.58.3-2+deb10u7fixed
buster (security)2.58.3-2+deb10u6fixed
bullseye2.66.8-1+deb11u4fixed
bullseye (security)2.66.8-1+deb11u5fixed
bookworm2.74.6-2+deb12u4fixed
bookworm (security)2.74.6-2+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie2.82.4-1fixed
pcre3 (PTS)jessie2:8.35-3.3+deb8u4fixed
stretch2:8.39-3fixed
buster2:8.39-12fixed
bullseye2:8.39-13fixed
bookworm2:8.39-15fixed
sid2:8.39-15.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
glib2.0source(unstable)2.14.3-1unimportant
kazehakasesourceetch0.4.2-1etch1DSA-1570-1
kazehakasesource(unstable)0.5.2-1
pcre3sourcesarge4.5+7.4-1DSA-1399-1
pcre3sourceetch6.7+7.4-2DSA-1399-1
pcre3sourcelenny6.7+7.4-2+lenny1DTSA-77-1
pcre3source(unstable)7.3-1

Notes

glib only embeds pcre in the udeb, no attack vector

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