| Name | CVE-2018-6951 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in GNU patch through 2.7.6. There is a segmentation fault, associated with a NULL pointer dereference, leading to a denial of service in the intuit_diff_type function in pch.c, aka a "mangled rename" issue. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| patch (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.7.5-1+deb8u3 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2.7.5-1+deb9u2 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.7.6-3+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie, bullseye, bookworm | 2.7.6-7 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| patch | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=f290f48a621867084884bfff87f8093c15195e6a
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?53132
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact