CVE-2009-5155

N/A
Published: February 26, 2019 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:15 PM UTC
4 products affected across 2 vendorsCloud BackupSteelstore Cloud Integrated StorageONTAP Select Deploy administration utility

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.28, parse_reg_exp in posix/regcomp.c misparses alternatives, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) or trigger an incorrect result by attempting a regular-expression match.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.28
Affected range stops below 2.28, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-19

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