CVE-2019-9169 — Out-of-bounds Read in Glibc

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read10 documents9 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
7.1%
top 8.46%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
GNU GlibcMcafee WEB GatewayCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedFeb 26
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debiangnu/glibc< 2.28-9+3
▶NVDgnu/glibc2.29
▶NVDmcafee/web_gateway7.7.2.0 — 7.7.2.21+2

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 16.04, 18.04, 19.10

Patches

Patch: security.netapp.com ↗Patch: sourceware.org ↗Patch: security.netapp.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-mw8g-rgqf-rw5h: In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2019-9169: In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2↗2019-02-26
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CVEList
CVE-2019-9169: In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2↗2019-02-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
GNU C Library vulnerabilities↗2020-07-06
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Microsoft
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.↗2019-02-12
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Red Hat
glibc: regular-expression match via proceed_next_node in posix/regexec.c leads to heap-based buffer over-read↗2019-01-20
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Debian
CVE-2019-9169: glibc - In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.29, proceed_next_node in pos...↗2019
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9169 glibc: regular-expression match via proceed_next_node in posix/regexec.c leads to heap-based buffer over-read↗2019-02-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9169 glibc: regular-expression match via proceed_next_node in posix/regexec.c leads to heap-based buffer over-read [fedora-all]↗2019-02-28
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