Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libcrypt package, versions <0:2.26-47.amzn2
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.38% (73rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-LIBCRYPT-1699360
- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 26 Feb 2019
Introduced: 26 Feb 2019
CVE-2019-9169 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 libcrypt to version 0:2.26-47.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2021-1656.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcrypt package and not the libcrypt package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.29, proceed_next_node in posix/regexec.c has a heap-based buffer over-read via an attempted case-insensitive regular-expression match.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107160
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10278
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190315-0002/
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K54823184
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9169
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-04
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34140
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34142
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24114
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=583dd860d5b833037175247230a328f0050dbfe9
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=583dd860d5b833037175247230a328f0050dbfe9