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

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80634

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Synopsis

The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.

Description

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. (CVE-2012-5667)

Solution

Upgrade to Solaris 11.1.7.5.0.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a913f44

https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/cve-2012-5667-heap-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-gnu-grep

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80634

File Name: solaris11_grep_20131015.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.1, p-cpe:/a:oracle:solaris:grep

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release, Host/Solaris11/pkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5667