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CVE-2007-6067

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-6067 describes an algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the regular expression parser of TCL, affecting various versions of PostgreSQL. Remote authenticated users can exploit this flaw by submitting a specially crafted, complex regular expression, leading to excessive memory consumption and a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is moderately severe, requiring authentication but having low attack complexity, and its primary impact is system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0386 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: postgresql-0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: tcl-0:8.4.13-6.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Web Application Stack for RHEL 4Fixed in: postgresql-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: tcl

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-6067Low

postgresql: tempory DoS caused by slow regex NFA cleanup

Jan 7, 2008

References

h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
kb.juniper.net / InfoCenter/index
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00000.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0122.html
secunia.com / advisories/28359
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28376
secunia.com / advisories/28437
secunia.com / advisories/28438
secunia.com / advisories/28454
secunia.com / advisories/28455
secunia.com / advisories/28464
secunia.com / advisories/28477
secunia.com / advisories/28479
secunia.com / advisories/28679
secunia.com / advisories/28698
secunia.com / advisories/29638
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200801-15.xml
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39498
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1768
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
sourceforge.net / tracker/index.php
Exploit
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10235
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
usn.ubuntu.com / 568-1
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00397.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00469.html
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1460
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1463
mandriva.com / security/advisories
postgresql.org / about/news.905
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0038.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0040.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/485864/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/486407/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/27163
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0061
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0109
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1071/references