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    CVE-2019-13638

    GNU patch through 2.7.6 is vulnerable to OS shell command injection that can be exploited by opening a crafted patch file that contains an ed style diff payload with shell metacharacters. The ed editor does not need to be present on the vulnerable system. This is different from CVE-2018-1000156.

    Published:Jul 26, 2019
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jul 26, 2019
    EPSS Score:0.03286
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Patch
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Aus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel E4s
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Tus

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2798
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2964
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3757
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3758
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4061
    https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=3fcd042d26d70856e826a42b5f93dc4854d80bf0
    https://github.com/irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVWWGISFWACROJJPVJJL4UBLVZ7LPOLT/
    https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29
    https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13638
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-22
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0001/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4489
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2798
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2964
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3757
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3758
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4061
    https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=3fcd042d26d70856e826a42b5f93dc4854d80bf0
    https://github.com/irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVWWGISFWACROJJPVJJL4UBLVZ7LPOLT/
    https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29
    https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13638
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-22
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0001/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4489

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