Resource Management Errors Affecting patch package, versions <2.7.3-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.21% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1504-PATCH-303831
  • published25 Aug 2017
  • disclosed25 Aug 2017

Introduced: 25 Aug 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:15.04 patch to version 2.7.3-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream patch package and not the patch package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:15.04 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