CVE-2018-20969

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Patch
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 August 2019

Summary

do_ed_script in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6 does not block strings beginning with a ! character. NOTE: this is the same commit as for CVE-2019-13638, but the ! syntax is specific to ed, and is unrelated to a shell metacharacter.

References

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=3f...
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https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29
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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Com...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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