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** DISPUTED ** In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6)...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 30, 2024

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

** DISPUTED ** In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.29, check_dst_limits_calc_pos_1 in posix/regexec.c has Uncontrolled Recursion, as demonstrated by '(|)(\1\1)*' in grep, a different issue than CVE-2018-20796. NOTE: the software maintainer disputes that this is a vulnerability because the behavior occurs only with a crafted pattern.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 26, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Last updated Mar 30, 2024

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-9192

GHSA ID

GHSA-v5rq-2q5p-p82v

Source code

No known source code

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