CVE-2019-13636

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    CVE-2019-13636

    Published: 17 Jul 2019Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In GNU patch through 2.7.6, the following of symlinks is mishandled in certain cases other than input files. This affects inp.c and util.c.

    References: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html, 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://usn.ubuntu.com/4071-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4071-2/, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00016.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-22, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0001/, https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4489, https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=dce4683cbbe107a95f1f0d45fabc304acfb5d71a, https://github.com/irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -dce4683cbbe107a95f1f0d45fabc304acfb5d71a

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