1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5610-1

USN-5610-1: rust-regex vulnerability

Publication date

14 September 2022

Overview

rust-regex could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Releases

Packages

Details

Addison Crump discovered that rust-regex did not properly limit
the complexity of the regular expressions (regex) it parses.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service.

Addison Crump discovered that rust-regex did not properly limit
the complexity of the regular expressions (regex) it parses.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.04 jammy librust-regex-dev –  1.5.4-1ubuntu0.1
20.04 focal librust-regex-dev –  1.2.1-3ubuntu0.1

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