Use After Free Affecting patch package, versions <0:2.7.1-11.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.19% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PATCH-4858595
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 Feb 2018

Introduced: 3 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-6952  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 patch to version 0:2.7.1-11.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:2033.

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.

A double free exists in the another_hunk function in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6.