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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting glibc-minimal-langpack package, versions <0:2.28-151.el8

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.38% (73rd percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical
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SUSE
5.1 medium
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Red Hat
6.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-GLIBCMINIMALLANGPACK-2096847
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 20 Jan 2019
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Introduced: 20 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-9169 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 glibc-minimal-langpack to version 0:2.28-151.el8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-minimal-langpack package and not the glibc-minimal-langpack package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 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.

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