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CVE-2019-13638

GNU patch through 2.7.6 is vulnerable to OS shell command injection that can be exploited by opening a crafted patch file that contains an ed style diff payload with shell metacharacters. The ed editor does not need to be present on the vulnerable system. This is different from CVE-2018-1000156.

Published

2019-07-26T13:15:12.783

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:25:25.007

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-78

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	patch	2.7.6	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	10.0	Yes

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2798 ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2964 ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3757 ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3758 ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4061 ([email protected])
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=3fcd042d26d70856e826a42b5f93dc4854d80bf0 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVWWGISFWACROJJPVJJL4UBLVZ7LPOLT/ ([email protected])
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29 ([email protected])
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13638 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-22 ([email protected])
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0001/ ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4489 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2798 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2964 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3757 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3758 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4061 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=3fcd042d26d70856e826a42b5f93dc4854d80bf0 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVWWGISFWACROJJPVJJL4UBLVZ7LPOLT/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13638 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-22 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0001/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4489 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)