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CVSSv2

CVE-2009-5155

Published: 26/02/2019 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 445
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) prior to 2.28, parse_reg_exp in posix/regcomp.c misparses alternatives, which allows malicious users 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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Debian Bug report logs - #924613 CVE-2009-5155 Package: src:gnulib; Maintainer for src:gnulib is Debian QA Group <packages@qadebianorg>; Reported by: Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@debianorg> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 21:45:01 UTC Severity: grave Tags: security Found in version gnulib/20140202+stable-31 Fixed in versions ...
In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 228, parse_reg_exp in posix/regcompc 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 (CVE-2009-5155) The pop_fail_stack function in the GNU C Library (aka gl ...

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