Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 13, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-2026
CVE-2007-2026
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.
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Affected products
4- cpe:2.3:a:amavis:virus_scanner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:file:4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:file:4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =4.20
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
13- secunia.com/advisories/24918nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/25394nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/25544nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/25578nvd
- sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.phpnvd
- www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-3.txtnvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200704-13.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469520/30/6420/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24146nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2071nvd
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311nvd
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