CVE-2014-9637

GNU patch 2.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and segmentation fault) via a crafted diff file.

CVSS v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 7.1 HIGH

5.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72286	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html	Patch Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts:::

Configuration 4 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:patch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-08-25 11:29

Updated : 2017-08-29 18:16

NVD link : CVE-2014-9637

Mitre link : CVE-2014-9637

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

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Products Affected

canonical

ubuntu_linux

gnu

patch

mageia

mageia

fedoraproject

fedora

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