SOL12793 - GNU C Library vulnerability CVE-2010-4051

The regcomp implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. This applies to GNU C Library versions through 2.11.3, and also versions 2.12.x through 2.12.2.

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<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4051&gt;

<http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/912279&gt;