CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2019-13636

In 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.

5.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 4.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

5.9 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=dce4683cbbe107a95f1f0d45fabc304acfb5d71a Mailing List Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00016.html Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4071-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4071-2/
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4489
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-22
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVWWGISFWACROJJPVJJL4UBLVZ7LPOLT/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0001/
https://github.com/irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:patch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-07-17 09:15

Updated : 2019-07-24 05:15

NVD link : CVE-2019-13636

Mitre link : CVE-2019-13636

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-59