GLSA Advocate
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Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:26 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 201904-17 ] Patch |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: Patch: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201904-17)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: 2019-04-17
Bug(s): #647792, #647794, #652710
ID: 201904-17
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Patch, the worst of
which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
Patch takes a patch file containing a difference listing produced by the
diff program and applies those differences to one or more original files,
producing patched versions.
Affected Packages
Package: sys-devel/patch
Vulnerable: < 2.7.6-r3
Unaffected: >= 2.7.6-r3
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Patch. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Patch users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/patch-2.7.6-r3"
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References
CVE-2018-1000156
CVE-2018-6951
CVE-2018-6952 |
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