grep 'kwset.c' remote buffer overflow vulnerability

Grep is a text search tool for Unix systems. A remote buffer overflow vulnerability exists in grep 'kwset.c', which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code or launch a denial-of-service attack within the context of an application...

Fedora Update for grep FEDORA-2015-1053

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : grep (cve_2012_5667_heap_buffer)

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates : - Multiple integer overflows in GNU Grep before 2.11 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a long input line that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow...

gollum-grit_adapter Search Functionality Allows Arbitrary Command Execution

The gollum-gritadapter gem contains a flaw that can allow arbitrary command execution. Grit implements its search functionality by shelling out to git grep. In turn, git grep takes a -O or --open-files-in-pages option that will pipe the results of grep to an arbitrary process. By failing to...

Grep < 2.11 Integer Overflow Crash PoC

No description provided by source. Grep 2.11 is vulnerable to int overflow exploitation. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grep/2012-03/msg00007.html Although it is patched in the recent Grep, This update has not been pushed to the Ubuntu repos, or the Redhat repos, leaving 99% of those OS'sa...

GLSA-201403-07 : grep: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201403-07 grep: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code An integer overflow flaw has been discovered in grep. Impact : An attacker could entice a user to run grep on a specially crafted file, possibly resulting in execution of...

Fedora Update for ack FEDORA-2013-23206

Check for the Version of ack OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for ack FEDORA-2013-23206 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright C 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of...

[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: ack-2.12-1.fc19

Ack is designed as a replacement for grep...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: ack-2.12-1.fc20

Ack is designed as a replacement for grep...

html_comments

This plugin greps every page for HTML comments, special comments like the ones containing the words "password" or "user" are specially reported. Plugin type Grep Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For more information about this plugin and the associated tests,...

oracle

This plugin greps every page for oracle messages, versions, etc. Plugin type Grep Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For more information about this plugin and the associated tests, theres always the source code to understand exactly whats under the hood: Plugin...

cache_control

This plugin analyzes every HTTPS response and reports instances of incorrect cache control which might lead the users browser to cache sensitive contents on their system. The expected headers for HTTPS responses are: Pragma: No-cache Cache-control: No-store Plugin type Grep Options This plugin...

analyze_cookies

This plugin greps every response for session cookies that the web application sends to the client, and analyzes them in order to identify potential vulnerabilities, the remote web application framework and other interesting information. Plugin type Grep Options This plugin doesnt have any user...

meta_tags

This plugin greps every page for interesting meta tags. Some interesting meta tags are the ones that contain : microsoft, visual, linux . Plugin type Grep Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For more information about this plugin and the associated tests, theres...

user_defined_regex

This plugin greps every response for a user defined regex. You can specify a single regex or an entire file of regexes each line one regex, if both are specified, the singleregex will be added to the list of regular expressions extracted from the file. A list of example regular expressions can be...

motw

This plugin will specify whether the page is compliant against the MOTW standard. The standard is explained in: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537628.aspx This plugin tests if the length of the URL specified by "XYZW" is lower, equal or greater than the length of the URL; and also...

svn_users

This plugin greps every page for users of the versioning system. Sometimes the HTML pages are versioned using CVS or SVN, if the header of the versioning system is saved as a comment in this page, the user that edited the page will be saved on that header and will be added to the knowledge base...

url_session

This plugin finds URLs which contain a parameter that stores the session ID. This configuration leaves the session id exposed in browser and server logs, and is also leaked through the HTTP referrer header. Plugin type Grep Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For...

symfony

This plugin greps every page for traces of the Symfony framework and the lack of CSRF protection. Plugin type Grep Options Name | Type | Default Value | Description | Help ---|---|---|---|--- override | boolean | False | Skip symfony detection and search for the csrf misprotection. | No detailed...

ajax

This plugin greps every page for traces of Ajax code. Plugin type Grep Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For more information about this plugin and the associated tests, theres always the source code to understand exactly whats under the hood: Plugin source code...