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CVE-2019-13638 Detail

Description

GNU patch through 2.7.6 is vulnerable to OS shell command injection that can be exploited by opening a crafted patch file that contains an ed style diff payload with shell metacharacters. The ed editor does not need to be present on the vulnerable system. This is different from CVE-2018-1000156.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html CVE, MITRE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2798 CVE, MITRE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2964 CVE, MITRE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3757 CVE, MITRE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3758 CVE, MITRE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4061 CVE, MITRE
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=3fcd042d26d70856e826a42b5f93dc4854d80bf0 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities CVE, MITRE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVWWGISFWACROJJPVJJL4UBLVZ7LPOLT/ CVE, MITRE
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29 CVE, MITRE
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13638 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-22 CVE, MITRE
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0001/ CVE, MITRE
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4489 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2019-13638
NVD Published Date:
07/26/2019
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE