CVE-2018-6951
Published: 13 February 2018
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.
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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patch Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Released
(2.7.5-1ubuntu0.2)
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| trusty |
Released
(2.7.1-4ubuntu2.4)
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| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(2.7.5-1ubuntu0.16.04.1)
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Patches: upstream: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=f290f48a621867084884bfff87f8093c15195e6a |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |