| Name | CVE-2019-13636 |
| Description | In GNU patch through 2.7.6, the following of symlinks is mishandled in certain cases other than input files. This affects inp.c and util.c. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1856-1, DSA-4489-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 932401 |
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 |
| trixie, sid, bookworm, bullseye | 2.7.6-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=dce4683cbbe107a95f1f0d45fabc304acfb5d71a