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    CVE-2018-1000156

    GNU Patch version 2.7.6 contains an input validation vulnerability when processing patch files, specifically the EDITOR_PROGRAM invocation (using ed) can result in code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via a patch file processed via the patch utility. This is similar to FreeBSD's CVE-2015-1418 however although they share a common ancestry the code bases have diverged over time.

    Published:Apr 5, 2018
    Last Modified:Apr 14, 2025
    EPS:Apr 6, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.42803
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Patch
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Desktop
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Aus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Tus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Workstation
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Aus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel E4s
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Tus

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-10 Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    CAPEC-101 Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
    CAPEC-104 Cross Zone Scripting
    CAPEC-108 Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    CAPEC-109 Object Relational Mapping Injection
    CAPEC-110 SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering
    CAPEC-120 Double Encoding
    CAPEC-13 Subverting Environment Variable Values
    CAPEC-135 Format String Injection
    CAPEC-136 LDAP Injection
    CAPEC-14 Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    CAPEC-15 Command Delimiters
    CAPEC-153 Input Data Manipulation
    CAPEC-182 Flash Injection
    CAPEC-183 IMAP/SMTP Command Injection
    CAPEC-209 XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch
    CAPEC-22 Exploiting Trust in Client
    CAPEC-23 File Content Injection
    CAPEC-230 Serialized Data with Nested Payloads
    CAPEC-231 Oversized Serialized Data Payloads
    CAPEC-24 Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    CAPEC-248 Command Injection
    CAPEC-250 XML Injection
    CAPEC-261 Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data
    CAPEC-267 Leverage Alternate Encoding
    CAPEC-28 Fuzzing
    CAPEC-3 Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters
    CAPEC-31 Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies
    CAPEC-40 Manipulating Writeable Terminal Devices
    CAPEC-42 MIME Conversion
    CAPEC-43 Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers
    CAPEC-45 Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links
    CAPEC-46 Overflow Variables and Tags
    CAPEC-47 Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion
    CAPEC-473 Signature Spoof
    CAPEC-52 Embedding NULL Bytes
    CAPEC-53 Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash
    CAPEC-588 DOM-Based XSS
    CAPEC-63 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
    CAPEC-64 Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic
    CAPEC-664 Server Side Request Forgery
    CAPEC-67 String Format Overflow in syslog()
    CAPEC-7 Blind SQL Injection
    CAPEC-71 Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic
    CAPEC-72 URL Encoding
    CAPEC-73 User-Controlled Filename
    CAPEC-75 Manipulating Writeable Configuration Files
    CAPEC-76 Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls
    CAPEC-78 Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding
    CAPEC-79 Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding
    CAPEC-8 Buffer Overflow in an API Call
    CAPEC-80 Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic
    CAPEC-81 Web Server Logs Tampering
    CAPEC-83 XPath Injection
    CAPEC-85 AJAX Footprinting
    CAPEC-88 OS Command Injection
    CAPEC-9 Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities

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    References

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html
    http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2018/04/05/bangpatch/
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1199
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1200
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2091
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2092
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2093
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2094
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2095
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2096
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2097
    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=894667#19
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00013.html
    https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?53566
    https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29
    https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-17
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-1/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-2/
    https://web.archive.org/web/20180405231329/https://twitter.com/kurtseifried/status/982028968877436928
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html
    http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2018/04/05/bangpatch/
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1199
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1200
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2091
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2092
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2093
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2094
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2095
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2096
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2097
    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=894667#19
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00013.html
    https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?53566
    https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29
    https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-17
    https://twitter.com/kurtseifried/status/982028968877436928
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-1/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-2/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High