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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103044 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=f290f48a621867084884bfff87f8093c15195e6a | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?53132 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-17 | |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103044 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=f290f48a621867084884bfff87f8093c15195e6a | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?53132 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-17 | |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
21 Nov 2024, 04:11
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () 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 | |
References | () https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?53132 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory | |
References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-17 - | |
References | () 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
JSON object : View
Products Affected
gnu
- patch
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference