CVE-2009-5155

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-5155
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-02-26 02:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:04:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-19

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup All All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup All All All All
Application Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility - All All All
Application Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility - All All All
Application Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage - All All All
Application Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#32806 - An assertion is hit when processing "(|()()0)\2" extended regular expression - GNU bug report logs MISC debbugs.gnu.org Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
support.f5.com/csp/article/K64119434 CONFIRM support.f5.com
myF5 support.f5.com
March 2019 GNU C Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit MISC sourceware.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
support.f5.com/csp/article/K64119434 CONFIRM support.f5.com
gnulib.git - gnulib - GNU portability library MISC git.savannah.gnu.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
#34238 - Assertion `num >= 0' failed at regexec.c:1363 - GNU bug report logs MISC debbugs.gnu.org Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
11053 – Wrong results with backreferences MISC sourceware.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit sourceware.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
18986 – (CVE-2009-5155) ERE '0|()0|\1|0' causes regexec undefined behavior MISC sourceware.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
#22793 - grep -E assertion failure with back references - GNU bug report logs MISC debbugs.gnu.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 354104 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for glibc : ALAS2-2022-1869
  • 376030 F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager (ASM), Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Access Policy Manager (APM) GNU C Library Vulnerability (K64119434)
  • 376052 F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Access Policy Manager (APM), Application Security Manager (ASM) GNU C Library Vulnerability (K64119434)
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