grep: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

grep: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code A vulnerability in grep could result in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service. grep 2014-03-26 2014-03-26 448246 local, remote 2.12 2.12

grep is the GNU regular expression matcher.

An integer overflow flaw has been discovered in grep.

An attacker could entice a user to run grep on a specially crafted file, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All grep users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/grep-2.12"

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