Security Advisory
CVE-2009-5155
7.5
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
February 26, 2019
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory