Description
The regcomp implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.11.3, and 2.12.x through 2.12.2, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a regular expression containing adjacent bounded repetitions that bypass the intended RE_DUP_MAX limitation, as demonstrated by a {10,}{10,}{10,}{10,}{10,} sequence in the proftpd.gnu.c exploit for ProFTPD, related to a "RE_DUP_MAX overflow."
Published: 2011-01-13
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 4.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-4027 The regcomp implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.11.3, and 2.12.x through 2.12.2, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a regular expression containing adjacent bounded repetitions that bypass the intended RE_DUP_MAX limitation, as demonstrated by a {10,}{10,}{10,}{10,}{10,} sequence in the proftpd.gnu.c exploit for ProFTPD, related to a "RE_DUP_MAX overflow."
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:34:37.117Z

Reserved: 2010-10-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-4051

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-01-13T19:00:02.900

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-4051

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2010-12-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-4051 - Bugzilla

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