Out-of-bounds Read Affecting glibc package, versions <0:2.28-151.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-GLIBC-2098317
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Jan 2019

Introduced: 20 Jan 2019

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 glibc to version 0:2.28-151.el8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 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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