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Gentoo: GLSA-201908-22 Normal: Patch Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey August 17, 2019
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202309-15 outlines critical vulnerabilities and urges immediate updates to safeguard against potential threats.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Patch, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Patch. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution patch Denial of Service arbitrary execution normal severity

Resolution

All Patch users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/patch-2.7.6-r4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-13636 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13636 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-13638 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13638

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-22
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: Patch: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 18, 2019
Bugs: #690136
ID: 201908-22

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution patch Denial of Service arbitrary execution normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Patch, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

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

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-devel/patch < 2.7.6-r4 >= 2.7.6-r4

Impact

===== A local attacker could pass a specially crafted diff file to Patch, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition or arbitrary code execution.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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