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CVE-2009-5155 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/?id=5513b40999149090987a0341c018d05d3eea1272 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=22793 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=32806 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34238 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190315-0002/ CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11053 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18986 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=eb04c21373e2a2885f3d52ff192b0499afe3c672 CVE, MITRE
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K64119434 CVE, MITRE
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K64119434?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-19 Data Processing Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-5155
NVD Published Date:
02/25/2019
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE