Name | CVE-2009-5155 |
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. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Debian Bugs | 924613 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
glibc (PTS) | bullseye | 2.31-13+deb11u11 | fixed |
bullseye (security) | 2.31-13+deb11u10 | fixed | |
bookworm | 2.36-9+deb12u9 | fixed | |
bookworm (security) | 2.36-9+deb12u7 | fixed | |
sid, trixie | 2.40-5 | fixed | |
gnulib (PTS) | bullseye | 20210102~ebaa53c-1 | fixed |
bookworm | 20230209+stable-1 | fixed | |
sid, trixie | 20250102-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
eglibc | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
glibc | source | (unstable) | 2.28-1 | |||
gnulib | source | experimental | 20180621~6979c25-1 | |||
gnulib | source | (unstable) | 20140202+stable-3.2 | 924613 |
[stretch] - gnulib <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - gnulib <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/?id=5513b40999149090987a0341c018d05d3eea1272
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=22793
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=32806
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34238
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11053
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18986
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=eb04c21373e2a2885f3d52ff192b0499afe3c672