CVE-2018-6951

An 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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 04:11

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103044 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103044 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=f290f48a621867084884bfff87f8093c15195e6a - Patch, Vendor Advisory () https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=f290f48a621867084884bfff87f8093c15195e6a - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?53132 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory () https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?53132 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-17 - () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-17 -
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-1/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-1/ - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2018-02-13 19:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 04:11


NVD link : CVE-2018-6951

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6951

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-6951


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Products Affected

gnu

  • patch

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference