Out-of-bounds Read Affecting glibc-langpack-se package, versions <0:2.26-47.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-GLIBCLANGPACKSE-1699861
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed26 Feb 2019

Introduced: 26 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-9169  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 glibc-langpack-se to version 0:2.26-47.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2021-1656.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-langpack-se package and not the glibc-langpack-se package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.29, proceed_next_node in posix/regexec.c has a heap-based buffer over-read via an attempted case-insensitive regular-expression match.

CVSS Scores

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