Improper Data Handling Affecting glibc-langpack-the package, versions <0:2.26-62.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-GLIBCLANGPACKTHE-3109973
  • published9 Nov 2022
  • disclosed20 Mar 2017

Introduced: 20 Mar 2017

CVE-2015-8985  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-19  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 glibc-langpack-the to version 0:2.26-62.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1869.

NVD Description

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

The pop_fail_stack function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application crash) via vectors related to extended regular expression processing.

CVSS Scores

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