CVE-2019-13638
Published: August 31, 2023Last modified: August 31, 2023
Description
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.
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.8 |
Attack Vector | LOCAL |
Attack complexity | LOW |
Privileges required | NONE |
User interaction | REQUIRED |
Scope | UNCHANGED |
Confidentiality | HIGH |
Integrity impact | HIGH |
Availability impact | HIGH |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Status
Product | Release | Package | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | patch | Not affected (2.7.6-r9) |
Stream | patch | Not affected (2.7.6-r10) |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2798
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2964
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3757
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3758
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4061
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=3fcd042d26d70856e826a42b5f93dc4854d80bf0
- https://github.com/irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVWWGISFWACROJJPVJJL4UBLVZ7LPOLT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SVWWGISFWACROJJPVJJL4UBLVZ7LPOLT/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13638
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-22
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0001/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4489