vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2019-9169
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Feb 26, 2019 | Jan 20, 2025 | May 27, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 26, 2019
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
May 27, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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