CVE-2007-2026

Name	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
file (PTS)	bullseye (security), bullseye	1:5.39-3+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	1:5.44-3	fixed
	sid, trixie	1:5.45-3	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency
file	source	sarge	(not affected)
file	source	etch	4.17-5etch3
file	source	(unstable)	4.20-6	low

[sarge] - file <not-affected> (version too old)