Tcl (Tool Command Language) provides a powerful platform for creating
integration applications that tie together diverse applications, protocols,
devices, and frameworks. When paired with the Tk toolkit, Tcl provides a
fast and powerful way to create cross-platform GUI applications.
Two denial of service flaws were found in the Tcl regular expression
handling engine. If Tcl or an application using Tcl processed a
specially-crafted regular expression, it would lead to excessive CPU and
memory consumption. (CVE-2007-4772, CVE-2007-6067)
This update also fixes the following bug:
All users of Tcl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to correct these issues.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
RedHat | 5 | i386 | tcl-html | < 8.4.13-6.el5 | tcl-html-8.4.13-6.el5.i386.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | ia64 | tcl-html | < 8.4.13-6.el5 | tcl-html-8.4.13-6.el5.ia64.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | ppc | tcl-debuginfo | < 8.4.13-6.el5 | tcl-debuginfo-8.4.13-6.el5.ppc.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | ia64 | tcl-debuginfo | < 8.4.13-6.el5 | tcl-debuginfo-8.4.13-6.el5.ia64.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | ppc64 | tcl | < 8.4.13-6.el5 | tcl-8.4.13-6.el5.ppc64.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | s390 | tcl-devel | < 8.4.13-6.el5 | tcl-devel-8.4.13-6.el5.s390.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | s390x | tcl-html | < 8.4.13-6.el5 | tcl-html-8.4.13-6.el5.s390x.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | src | tcl | < 8.4.13-6.el5 | tcl-8.4.13-6.el5.src.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | ia64 | tcl | < 8.4.13-6.el5 | tcl-8.4.13-6.el5.ia64.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | i386 | tcl-devel | < 8.4.13-6.el5 | tcl-devel-8.4.13-6.el5.i386.rpm |