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Status published
Medium
CVE-2019-13636
In GNU patch through 2.7.6, the following of symlinks is...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=dce4683cbbe107a95f1f0d45fabc304acfb5d71a
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00016.html
- 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%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVWWGISFWACROJJPVJJL4UBLVZ7LPOLT/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0001/
- https://github.com/irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 17th, 2019
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.