CVE-2007-2026

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2007-2026 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of file as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

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