Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : tcl (MDVSA-2008:059)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 36516

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A flaw in the Tcl regular expression handling engine was originally discovered by Will Drewry in the PostgreSQL database server's Tcl regular expression engine. This flaw can result in an infinite loop when processing certain regular expressions.

The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 36516

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2008-059.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64tcl-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64tcl8.4, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64tcl8.4-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64tcl8.5, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libtcl-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libtcl8.4, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libtcl8.4-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libtcl8.5, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:tcl, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4772

BID: 27163

CWE: 399

MDVSA: 2008:059

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