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CVE-2018-20796

CVE Details

Visit the official vulnerability details page for CVE-2018-20796 to learn more.

Initial Publication

10/25/2024

Last Update

10/25/2024

Third Party Dependency

libc6

NIST CVE Summary

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.

CVE Severity

7.5

Our Official Summary

This CVE is reported in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.29. Upstream does not consider this to be a security issue, per https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Security%20Exceptions and no fix is available. This issue has been disputed and marked as not a security issue.

Status

Ongoing

Affected Products & Versions

VersionPalette EnterprisePalette Enterprise AirgapVerteXVerteX Airgap
4.5.11ImpactedImpactedImpactedImpacted
4.5.10ImpactedImpactedImpactedImpacted
4.5.8ImpactedImpactedImpactedImpacted
4.5.5ImpactedImpactedImpactedImpacted
4.5.4ImpactedImpactedImpactedImpacted
4.4.20ImpactedImpactedImpactedImpacted

Revision History

DateRevision
11/15/2024Impacted versions changed from 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8, 4.4.20, 4.5.10 to 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8, 4.4.20, 4.5.10, 4.5.11
11/15/2024Impacted versions changed from 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8, 4.4.20 to 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8, 4.4.20, 4.5.10
11/13/2024Impacted versions changed from 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8 to 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8, 4.4.20
11/10/2024Impacted versions changed from 4.5.4, 4.5.5 to 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8
10/27/2024Impacted versions changed from 4.5.4 to 4.5.4, 4.5.5