<p>Upgrade <code>Centos:8</code> <code>glibc</code> to version 0:2.28-151.el8 or higher.</p>

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

Snyk CVSS

Attack Complexity Low

Threat Intelligence

EPSS 0.29% (65^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-GLIBC-2098317
published 26 Jul 2021
disclosed 20 Jan 2019

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Introduced: 20 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-9169 Open this link in a new tab CWE-125 Open this link 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:8. 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.