| Name | CVE-2017-9729 |
| Description | In uClibc 0.9.33.2, there is stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the check_dst_limits_calc_pos_1 function in misc/regex/regexec.c when processing a crafted regular expression. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| uclibc (PTS) | stretch | 1.0.20-2 | vulnerable |
| buster | 1.0.31-1 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm, bullseye, sid | 1.0.35-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| uclibc | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant |
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/16/4