OS Command Injection Affecting patch package, versions <2.7.6-2ubuntu1.1
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-PATCH-459619
- published16 Aug 2019
- disclosed16 Aug 2019
Introduced: 16 Aug 2019
CVE-2018-20969 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 patch to version 2.7.6-2ubuntu1.1 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:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
do_ed_script in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6 does not block strings beginning with a ! character. NOTE: this is the same commit as for CVE-2019-13638, but the ! syntax is specific to ed, and is unrelated to a shell metacharacter.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-20969
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20969
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html
- https://github.com/irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=3fcd042d26d70856e826a42b5f93dc4854d80bf0
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2798
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2964
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3757
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3758
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4061