grep is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution attacks. The vulnerability exists through 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.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
grep | eq | 2.6.3__4.el6 | |
grep | eq | 2.6.3__6.el6 | |
grep | eq | 2.6.3__4.el6_5.1 | |
grep | eq | 2.6.3__3.el6 | |
grep | eq | 2.6.3__2.el6 |
git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/commit/?id=8fcf61523644df42e1905c81bed26838e0b04f91
git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/commit/?id=cbbc1a45b9f843c811905c97c90a5d31f8e6c189
git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=grep.git;a=shortlog;h=v2.11
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grep/2012-12/msg00004.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/22/6
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1447.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/57033
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grep/+bug/1091473
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1103270
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1167766
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171806
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799863
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889935
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=982215
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1447.html