CVE-2007-2026 Affecting file package, versions <4.20-6


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
18.41% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-FILE-519584
  • published13 Apr 2007
  • disclosed13 Apr 2007

Introduced: 13 Apr 2007

CVE-2007-2026  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 file to version 4.20-6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream file package and not the file package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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