CVE-2018-20796

Published: Feb 26, 2019Modified: Nov 21, 2024

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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 (4)

Products: Gnu: Glibc · Netapp: Cloud Backup, Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility, Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage

1 product

3 products

Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility

Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Glibc	Up to 2.29

Configuration B

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Netapp Cloud Backup	All versions
Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility	All versions
Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage	All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-674

Uncontrolled Recursion

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

References (10)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107160

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34141

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitMailing ListVendor Advisory

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2019-01/msg00108.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitMailing ListVendor Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190315-0002/

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K26346590?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107160