In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.28, parse_reg_exp in posix/regcomp.c misparses alternatives, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) or trigger an incorrect result by attempting a regular-expression match.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | 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| Nov 10, 2022 | Feb 26, 2019 | |
| F5 Big Ip | f5-bigip-upgrade-latest | Jun 17, 2026 | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-glibchuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-glibc-commonhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-glibc-develhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-glibc-headershuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-glibc-statichuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-glibc-utilshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-nscd | Apr 2, 2019 | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-glibchuawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-glibc-commonhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-glibc-develhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-glibc-headershuawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-glibc-statichuawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-glibc-utilshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-nscd | Apr 3, 2019 | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| Redhat_linux | no-fix-redhat-rpm-package | Jul 9, 2025 | Feb 26, 2019 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-glibcsuse-upgrade-glibc-32bitsuse-upgrade-glibc-develsuse-upgrade-glibc-devel-32bitsuse-upgrade-glibc-devel-staticsuse-upgrade-glibc-devel-static-32bitsuse-upgrade-glibc-extrasuse-upgrade-glibc-htmlsuse-upgrade-glibc-i18ndatasuse-upgrade-glibc-infosuse-upgrade-glibc-langsuse-upgrade-glibc-localesuse-upgrade-glibc-locale-32bitsuse-upgrade-glibc-locale-basesuse-upgrade-glibc-locale-base-32bitsuse-upgrade-glibc-profilesuse-upgrade-glibc-profile-32bitsuse-upgrade-glibc-utilssuse-upgrade-glibc-utils-32bitsuse-upgrade-nscd | Aug 9, 2024 | Feb 26, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-libc6 | May 14, 2021 | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| Vmware Photon_os | vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf | Jan 20, 2025 | Feb 26, 2019 |
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