7.5
HIGH
CVE-2009-5155
GNU C Library Regex parser Memory Corruption Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 26, 2019, 2:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:04 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2009-5155 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-5155 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Netapp ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility
2 Netapp cloud_backup
3 Netapp steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage
1 Gnu glibc

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Map Vulnerabilities into Different Layers of the Container Image

Python

Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 5, 2022, 12:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 1276 different CVEs too.

None

Java

Updated: 2 years, 9 months ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Dec. 14, 2021, 4:38 p.m. This repo has been linked 26 different CVEs too.

None

Java

Updated: 2 years, 9 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 13, 2021, 7 p.m. This repo has been linked 26 different CVEs too.

A small Go application that allows scraping of Vuls reports by Prometheus.

Go Shell Makefile

Updated: 4 months ago
9 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : May 8, 2020, 8:02 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

None

Shell

Updated: 5 years, 2 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 18, 2019, 10:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 124 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-5155 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-5155 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=eb04c21373e2a2885f3d52ff192b0499afe3c672 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K64119434?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=eb04c21373e2a2885f3d52ff192b0499afe3c672
    Removed Reference MITRE https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K64119434?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 29, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 28, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K64119434?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K64119434 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190315-0002/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190315-0002/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 15, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190315-0002/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 26, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=32806 No Types Assigned https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=32806 Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34238 No Types Assigned https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34238 Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/?id=5513b40999149090987a0341c018d05d3eea1272 No Types Assigned http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/?id=5513b40999149090987a0341c018d05d3eea1272 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11053 No Types Assigned https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11053 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18986 No Types Assigned https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18986 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=22793 No Types Assigned https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=22793 Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=eb04c21373e2a2885f3d52ff192b0499afe3c672 No Types Assigned https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=eb04c21373e2a2885f3d52ff192b0499afe3c672 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-19
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.28
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-5155 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-5155 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.47 }} -0.04%

score

0.75817

percentile

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