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CVE-2014-9637

GNU patch 2.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and segmentation fault) via a crafted diff file.

Published

2017-08-25T18:29:00.450

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	20	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	21	Yes
Operating System	mageia	mageia	4.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.10	Yes
Application	gnu	patch	≤ 2.7.2	Yes

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72286 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72286 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)