Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-9954

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - The backtrack compilation code in the Irregex package aka IrRegular Expressions before 0.9.6 for Scheme allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service...

CVE-2016-9954

The backtrack compilation code in the Irregex package aka IrRegular Expressions before 0.9.6 for Scheme allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption via a crafted regular expression with a repeating pattern...

CVE-2016-9954

The CVE-2016-9954 entry concerns the Irregex (IrRegular Expressions) package. Affected component: the backtrack compilation code in Irregex for Scheme prior to version 0.9.6. Root cause: a crafted regular expression with a repeating pattern can exhaust memory, causing a denial of service. Impact:...