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.
References
Information
Published : 2019-07-26 06:15
Updated : 2019-08-16 05:15
NVD link : CVE-2019-13638
Mitre link : CVE-2019-13638
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CWE
CWE-78
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
gnu
- patch