Denial of Service Vulnerability in GNU Patch by GNU
CVE-2014-9637

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Fedoraproject

Status
Fedora
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 August 2017

What is CVE-2014-9637?

GNU Patch versions 2.7.2 and earlier are susceptible to a crafted diff file that can lead to a denial of service by causing extensive memory consumption. This behavior may also result in a segmentation fault, disrupting normal operations and potentially making systems running this software unresponsive to legitimate requests.

References

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7
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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2014-9637 : Denial of Service Vulnerability in GNU Patch by GNU