Name | CVE-2018-6952 |
Description | A double free exists in the another_hunk function in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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patch (PTS) | jessie | 2.7.5-1+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 2.7.5-1+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| buster, sid | 2.7.6-3 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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patch | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?53133
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact