| Name | CVE-2015-1345 |
| Description | The bmexec_trans function in kwset.c in grep 2.19 through 2.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash) via crafted input when using the -F option. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 776039 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| grep (PTS) | bullseye | 3.6-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.8-5 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.11-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| grep | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| grep | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| grep | source | (unstable) | 2.20-4.1 | low | | 776039 |
Notes
[squeeze] - grep <not-affected> (Issue introduced with v2.18-90-g73893ff)
[wheezy] - grep <not-affected> (Issue introduced with v2.18-90-g73893ff)
http://bugs.gnu.org/19563
Upstream fix: http://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/commit/?id=83a95bd8c8561875b948cadd417c653dbe7ef2e2