Gentoo 201904-17 Normal: Multiple Patch Issues Risking Execution
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April 17, 2019
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Patch, the worst of which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Patch. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All Patch users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/patch-2.7.6-r3"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2018-1000156 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000156 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-6951 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6951 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-6952 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6952
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-17
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: Patch: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: April 17, 2019
Bugs: #647792, #647794, #652710
ID: 201904-17
Topics Covered
Background
Patch takes a patch file containing a difference listing produced by
the diff program and applies those differences to one or more original
files, producing patched versions.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 sys-devel/patch < 2.7.6-r3 >= 2.7.6-r3
Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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