UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13638

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13638

    Published: 22 Jul 2019Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-13638

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-13638, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4071-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4071-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-13638

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: patch

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.1-4ubuntu2.4+esm1

    Affected versions

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

    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