GNU glibc "regcomp()" Stack Exhaustion Denial of Service

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GNU glibc is exposed to a denial of service issue due to stack exhaustion. Specifically, this issue occurs when the "regcomp()" function processes specially crafted recursive regular expressions.

Ref: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/912279

10.50.37 - CVE: CVE-2010-4052,CVE-2010-4051
Platform: Cross Platform