CVE-2018-6951

Summary

CVECVE-2018-6951
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-13 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-04-17 20:29:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Application Gnu Patch All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3624-1: Patch vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
GNU Patch 'src/pch.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
GNU patch - Bugs: bug #53132, segfault / null pointer read [Savannah] MISC savannah.gnu.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Patch: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201904-17) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
patch.git - GNU patch MISC git.savannah.gnu.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500510 Alpine Linux Security Update for patch
  • 504269 Alpine Linux Security Update for patch
  • 670249 EulerOS Security Update for patch (EulerOS-SA-2021-1827)
  • 900088 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for patch 2.7.6
  • 901491 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for patch (6787-1)
  • 902886 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for patch (1914)
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