SB2015092203 - Amazon Linux AMI update for grep

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SB2015092203 - Amazon Linux AMI update for grep

Published: September 22, 2015

Security Bulletin ID SB2015092203
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5667)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

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.


2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1345)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the bmexec_trans function in kwset.c. A remote attacker can create crafted input when using the -F option, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References