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CVE-2019-13638

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.

  • Published: Jul 26, 2019
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2019-13638
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 9.3
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

OWASP TOP 10:

Software From Fixed in
gnu / patch 2.7.6 2.7.6.x
debian / debian_linux 8.0 8.0.x
debian / debian_linux 9.0 9.0.x
debian / debian_linux 10.0 10.0.x