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."
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T03:34:37.117Z
Reserved: 2010-10-22T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2010-4051

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2011-01-13T19:00:02.900
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2010-4051
