OS Command Injection in patch | CVE-2019-13638

Q: How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 patch to version 0:2.7.6-9.el8_0 or higher. This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-2798 .

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Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-PATCH-2541386
published10 Apr 2022
disclosed26 Jul 2019

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Introduced: 26 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-13638 (opens in a new tab) CWE-78 (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 patch to version 0:2.7.6-9.el8_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-2798.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream patch package and not the patch package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

OS Command Injection Affecting patch package, versions <0:2.7.6-9.el8_0

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