| Name | CVE-2014-9637 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| patch (PTS) | buster, buster (security) | 2.7.6-3+deb10u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm, bullseye | 2.7.6-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| patch | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| patch | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| patch | source | (unstable) | 2.7.1-7 | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - patch <not-affected> (Vulnerability introduced later)
[squeeze] - patch <not-affected> (Vulnerability introduced later)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944