CVE-2007-2026

NameCVE-2007-2026
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (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 PackageReleaseVersionStatus
file (PTS)buster1:5.35-4+deb10u2fixed
buster (security)1:5.35-4+deb10u1fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1:5.39-3+deb11u1fixed
bookworm1:5.44-3fixed
trixie1:5.45-2fixed
sid1:5.45-3fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
filesourcesarge(not affected)
filesourceetch4.17-5etch3
filesource(unstable)4.20-6low

Notes

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

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