UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45261

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45261

    Published: 22 Dec 2021Last Modified: 20 May 2026
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    Summary:

    Details: An Invalid Pointer vulnerability exists in GNU patch 2.7 via the another_hunk function, which causes a Denial of Service.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: patch

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/patch?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    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
    2.7.1-4ubuntu2.4+esm1

    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
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