Gentoo: GLSA-201502-14: grep: Denial of Service
Summary
A heap buffer overrun has been fixed in the bmexec_trans function in kwset.c.
Resolution
All grep users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/grep-2.21-r1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2015-1345 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1345
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201502-14
Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Synopsis
A vulnerability in grep could result in Denial of Service.
Background
grep is the GNU regular expression matcher.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-apps/grep < 2.21-r1 >= 2.21-r1
Impact
===== A local user can cause Denial of Service.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.