CVE-2007-6067
Detail
Modified After Enrichment This CVE record has been updated after NVD enrichment efforts were completed. Enrichment data supplied by the NVD may require amendment due to these changes.
Current Description
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.
Analysis
Description
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the TCL regular expression parser, as used in PostgreSQL 8.2 before 8.2.6, 8.1 before 8.1.11, 8.0 before 8.0.15, 7.4 before 7.4.19, and 7.3 before 7.3.21, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted "complex" regular expression with doubly-nested states.
Metrics
CVSS Version 4.0
CVSS Version 3.x
CVSS Version 2.0
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
NVD assessment
not yet provided.
CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:
NVD assessment
not yet provided.
CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
Vector:
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
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http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01420154
CVE, MITRE
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00000.html
CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0122.html
CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28359
CVE, MITRE
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28376
CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28437
CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28438
CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28454
CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28455
CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28464
CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28477
CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28479
CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28679
CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28698
CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29638
CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-15.xml
CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019157
CVE, MITRE
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=565440&group_id=10894
CVE, MITRE
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1810264&group_id=10894&atid=110894
CVE, MITRE
Exploit
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103197-1
CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200559-1
CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1460
CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1463
CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:004
CVE, MITRE
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.905
CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0038.html
CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0040.html
CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485864/100/0/threaded
CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486407/100/0/threaded
CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27163
CVE, MITRE
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0061
CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0109
CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1071/references
CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39498
CVE, MITRE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1768
CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10235
CVE, MITRE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/568-1/
CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00397.html
CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00469.html
CVE, MITRE
Weakness Enumeration
CWE-ID
CWE Name
Source
CWE-189
Numeric Errors
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Change History
10 change records found show changes
CVE Modified by MITRE
6/16/2026 6:47:21 PM
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Affected
[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}]
CVE Status Change
4/22/2026 8:35:47 PM
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CVE Modified by CVE
11/20/2024 7:39:18 PM
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Reference
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01420154
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http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01420154
Added
Reference
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
Added
Reference
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00000.html
Added
Reference
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0122.html
Added
Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/28359
Added
Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/28376
Added
Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/28437
Added
Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/28438
Added
Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/28454
Added
Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/28455
Added
Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/28464
Added
Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/28477
Added
Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/28479
Added
Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/28679
Added
Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/28698
Added
Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/29638
Added
Reference
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-15.xml
Added
Reference
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019157
Added
Reference
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=565440&group_id=10894
Added
Reference
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1810264&group_id=10894&atid=110894
Added
Reference
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103197-1
Added
Reference
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200559-1
Added
Reference
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1460
Added
Reference
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1463
Added
Reference
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:004
Added
Reference
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.905
Added
Reference
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0038.html
Added
Reference
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0040.html
Added
Reference
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485864/100/0/threaded
Added
Reference
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486407/100/0/threaded
Added
Reference
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27163
Added
Reference
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0061
Added
Reference
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0109
Added
Reference
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1071/references
Added
Reference
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39498
Added
Reference
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1768
Added
Reference
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10235
Added
Reference
https://usn.ubuntu.com/568-1/
Added
Reference
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00397.html
Added
Reference
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00469.html
CVE Modified by MITRE
5/13/2024 9:49:12 PM
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CVE Modified by MITRE
10/15/2018 5:49:32 PM
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485864/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486407/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Removed
Reference
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/485864/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Removed
Reference
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/486407/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE
10/03/2018 5:51:38 PM
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Reference
https://usn.ubuntu.com/568-1/ [No Types Assigned]
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Reference
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-568-1 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE
9/28/2017 9:29:47 PM
Action
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New Value
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Reference
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10235 [No Types Assigned]
Removed
Reference
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10235 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE
7/28/2017 9:34:00 PM
Action
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Old Value
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Reference
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39498 [No Types Assigned]
Removed
Reference
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/39498 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE
12/07/2016 10:00:47 PM
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Old Value
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Reference
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 [No Types Assigned]
Initial CVE Analysis
1/10/2008 10:37:00 AM
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Quick Info
CVE Dictionary Entry: CVE-2007-6067 NVD
Published Date: 01/09/2008 NVD
Last Modified: 06/16/2026
Source: MITRE
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