CVE-2019-13638

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Patch
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 July 2019

Summary

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13638
x_refsource_MISC
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=3f...
x_refsource_MISC
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4489
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN

EPSS Score

3% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

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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