Vigil@nce - glibc: assertion error via parse_reg_exp
September 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: BIG-IP Hardware, TMOS, SUSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop, SLES.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on service, denial of service on
client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 18/07/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force an assertion error via parse_reg_exp() of
glibc, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/glibc-assertion-error-via-parse-reg-exp-29823