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GLSA-201502-14 : grep: Denial of Service

low Nessus Plugin ID 81535

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201502-14 (grep: Denial of Service)

 A heap buffer overrun has been fixed in the bmexec_trans function in kwset.c.
 Impact :

 A local user can cause Denial of Service.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All grep users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/grep-2.21-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201502-14

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 81535

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201502-14.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 2/26/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:grep, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/25/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1345

BID: 72281

GLSA: 201502-14