glibc : regex bug in glibc2.3.x exposed via gnu grep

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From:	Jonathan A. George
Subject:	glibc : regex bug in glibc2.3.x exposed via gnu grep
Date:	Wed, 05 Mar 2003 10:55:11 -0600
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Hello,

When using glibc 2.3.x the following GNU grep command causes all memoryto be consumed.


$ grep 'a**' /etc/passwd

Sincerely,
Jonathan A. George

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