Vulnerability — CVE-2018-20796

CVE-2018-20796

Reference to the description:: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20796
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.
Last updated date:: 11/05/2019

Type:: exploit
Confidence:: HIGH
Date of publishing:: 11/05/2019
Reference url to background: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34141

Type:: exploit
Confidence:: HIGH
Date of publishing:: 11/05/2019
Reference url to background: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2019-01/msg00108.html