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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-2026: File: Denial of service

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-2026: File: Denial of service

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
04/13/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/29/2021

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-emul-linux-x86-baselibs
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-apps-file

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