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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201403-07">
+ <title>grep: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
+ <synopsis>A vulnerability in grep could result in execution of arbitrary code
+ or Denial of Service.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">grep</product>
+ <announced>2014-03-26</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2014-03-26</revised>
+ <bug>448246</bug>
+ <access>local, remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="sys-apps/grep" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.12</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.12</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>grep is the GNU regular expression matcher.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>An integer overflow flaw has been discovered in grep.</p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>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.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All grep users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-apps/grep-2.12"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5667">CVE-2012-5667</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2012-12-26T16:52:28Z">ackle</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-03-26T15:39:34Z">ackle</metadata>
+</glsa>