Improper Data Handling Affecting glibc package, versions *


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.44% (75th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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SUSE
4 medium
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-GLIBC-338160
  • published 26 Feb 2019
  • disclosed 26 Feb 2019

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 glibc.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.28, parse_reg_exp in posix/regcomp.c misparses alternatives, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) or trigger an incorrect result by attempting a regular-expression match.