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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9729

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 proces...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 uclibc

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:13 uclibc

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:14 uclibc

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org