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Unscored CVE-2017-9729 EUVD-2017-18660GHSA-c2v6-69qq-j8h4

In uClibc 0.9.33.2, there is stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the check_dst_limits_calc_pos_1 function in misc/regex/regexec.c …

Published Jun 16, 2017 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

In uClibc 0.9.33.2, there is stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the check_dst_limits_calc_pos_1 function in misc/regex/regexec.c when processing a crafted regular expression.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 uclibc No fix yet —
Debian 13 uclibc No fix yet —
Debian 12 uclibc No fix yet —

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