CVE-2019-13636

Summary

CVECVE-2019-13636
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-07-17 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:03:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Patch All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
patch.git - GNU patch MISC git.savannah.gnu.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: patch-2.7.6-11.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
August 2019 GNU patch Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4489-1 patch DEBIAN www.debian.org
Bugtraq: Details about recent GNU patch vulnerabilities BUGTRAQ seclists.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1856-1] patch security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4489-1] patch security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org
GitHub - irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities: The GNU patch utility was prone vulnerable to multiple attacks through version 2.7.6. You can find my related PoC files here. MISC github.com
USN-4071-1: Patch vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-4071-2: Patch vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: patch-2.7.6-11.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Patch: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201908-22) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
GNU patch Command Injection / Directory Traversal ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296079 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 15.5.0 Missing (CPUOCT2019)
  • 377385 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for patch (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0056)
  • 500512 Alpine Linux Security Update for patch
  • 504271 Alpine Linux Security Update for patch
  • 752201 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for patch (SUSE-SU-2022:1925-1)
  • 752207 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for patch (SUSE-SU-2022:1932-1)
  • 900088 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for patch 2.7.6
  • 901458 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for patch (6789-1)
  • 903458 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for patch (1915)
  • 940038 AlmaLinux Security Update for patch (ALSA-2020:1852)
  • 960198 Rocky Linux Security Update for patch (RLSA-2020:1852)
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