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CVE-2019-13636

Published: 17 July 2019

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.9

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
patch
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2.7.6-2ubuntu1.1)
disco
Released (2.7.6-3ubuntu0.1)
trusty
Released (2.7.1-4ubuntu2.4+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (2.7.6-5)
xenial
Released (2.7.5-1ubuntu0.16.04.2)
Patches:
upstream: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=dce4683cbbe107a95f1f0d45fabc304acfb5d71a

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.9
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N