CVE-2009-5155
Published: 26 February 2019
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.
Priority
Negligible
CVSS 3 base score: 7.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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eglibc Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needed
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| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Does not exist
|
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| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Does not exist
|
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| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
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| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Needed
|
|
|
glibc Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(2.28-1)
|
| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Not vulnerable
(2.29-0ubuntu2)
|
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| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Not vulnerable
(2.29-0ubuntu2)
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Needed
|
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| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
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Patches: Upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=eb04c21373e2a2885f3d52ff192b0499afe3c672 |
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|
gnulib Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(20140202+stable-3.2)
|
| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Not vulnerable
(20140202+stable-4)
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Not vulnerable
(20140202+stable-4)
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
|
|
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Patches: Upstream: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/?id=5513b40999149090987a0341c018d05d3eea1272 |
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