CVE-2018-6951

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.

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?53132	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=f290f48a621867084884bfff87f8093c15195e6a	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103044	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-17

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:::::::*

Information

Published : 2018-02-13 11:29

Updated : 2019-04-17 13:29

NVD link : CVE-2018-6951

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6951

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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Products Affected

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ubuntu_linux

gnu

patch

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