CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-20796
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-02-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-674
Description
In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.29, check_dst_limits_calc_pos_1 in posix/regexec.c has Uncontrolled Recursion, as demonstrated by '(\227|)(\\1\\1|t1|\\\2537)+' in grep.
Affected configurations
• gnu glibc (<= 2.29)
• netapp cloud backup
• netapp ontap select deploy administration utility
• netapp steelstore cloud integrated storage
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107160 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34141 Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2019-01/msg00108.html Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190315-0002/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K26346590?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS support.f5.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107160 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34141 Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2019-01/msg00108.html Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190315-0002/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K26346590?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS support.f5.com