CVE-2007-4768

Publication date 7 November 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Heap-based buffer overflow in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a singleton Unicode sequence in a character class in a regex pattern, which is incorrectly optimized.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pcre3 7.10 gutsy
Fixed 7.4-0ubuntu0.7.10.1
7.04 feisty
Fixed 7.4-0ubuntu0.7.04.1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 7.4-0ubuntu0.6.10.1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 7.4-0ubuntu0.6.06.1

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-547-1
    • PCRE vulnerabilities
    • 27 November 2007

Other references