SUSE CVE-2015-1345

The bmexectrans function in kwset.c in grep 2.19 through 2.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds heap read and crash via crafted input when using the -F option...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201502-14

Gentoo Linux Local Security Checks GLSA 201502-14 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Eero Volotinen 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-or-later ifdescription...

grep: Denial of service

Background grep is the GNU regular expression matcher. Description A heap buffer overrun has been fixed in the bmexectrans function in kwset.c. Impact A local user can cause Denial of Service. Workaround There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution All grep users should upgrade to the...

CVE-2015-1345

CVE-2015-1345 covers a local DoS bug in grep’s bmexec_trans function (kwset.c) affecting grep versions 2.19–2.21, exploitable via crafted input when using the -F option. The connected F5 advisory mirrors the vulnerability being associated with the grep utility and lists affected BIG-IP LineRate/g...

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...