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…

Description

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 context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted regular expression.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.8% · top 9.9% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (53)

• SUSE-SU-2016:0555 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0134 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• DSA-1460 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1744 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2016:0677 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2016:0539 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:0122 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 27163 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1768 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 28454 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20080107 PostgreSQL 2007-01-07 Cumulative Security Release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 28359 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.905 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0061 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 28679 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0109 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 28376 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1810264&group_id=10894&atid=110894 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 103197 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 28437 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28455 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28477 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29638 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28479 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=565440&group_id=10894 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 29248 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• postgresql-regular-expression-dos(39497) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• DSA-1463 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2016:0578 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 20080115 rPSA-2008-0016-1 postgresql postgresql-server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:059 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 28464 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30535 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28698 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SSRT080006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• 200559 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 20080604 VMSA-2008-0009 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Fusion, VMware Server, VMware VIX API, VMware ESX, VMware ESXi resolve critical security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• USN-568-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2016:0531 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-0552 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 29070 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28438 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1019157 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11569 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-0478 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• GLSA-200801-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1071 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 15:08 UTC.