CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-1000156
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-04-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
GNU Patch version 2.7.6 contains an input validation vulnerability when processing patch files, specifically the EDITOR_PROGRAM invocation (using ed) can result in code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via a patch file processed via the patch utility. This is similar to FreeBSD's CVE-2015-1418 however although they share a common ancestry the code bases have diverged over time.
Affected configurations
• gnu patch 2.7.6
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.10
• debian debian linux 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 6.4
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 6.5
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 6.6
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.2
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 6.7
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.5
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 6.6
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.2
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2018/04/05/bangpatch/ Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1199 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1200 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2091 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2092 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2093 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2094 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2095 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2096 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2097 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=894667#19 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00013.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?53566 Vendor Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29 seclists.org
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54 seclists.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-17 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://web.archive.org/web/20180405231329/https://twitter.com/kurtseifried/status/982028968877436928 web.archive.org
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2018/04/05/bangpatch/ Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1199 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1200 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2091 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2092 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2093 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2094 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2095 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2096 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2097 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=894667#19 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00013.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?53566 Vendor Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29 seclists.org
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54 seclists.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-17 Third Party Advisory
- https://twitter.com/kurtseifried/status/982028968877436928 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-2/ Third Party Advisory