UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6951

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6951

    Published: 13 Feb 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-6951
    Aliases:
    USN-3624-1

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in GNU patch through 2.7.6. There is a segmentation fault, associated with a NULL pointer dereference, leading to a denial of service in the intuit_diff_type function in pch.c, aka a "mangled rename" issue.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6951, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3624-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6951

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: patch

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.1-4ubuntu2.4

    Affected versions

    2.7.1-3
    2.7.1-4
    2.7.1-4ubuntu1
    2.7.1-4ubuntu2
    2.7.1-4ubuntu2.3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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