Resource Management Errors Affecting patch package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.21% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PATCH-1329753
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Jan 2015

Introduced: 20 Jan 2015

CVE-2014-9637  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 patch.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream patch package and not the patch package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNU patch 2.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and segmentation fault) via a crafted diff file.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1