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.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.084
Published
2018-02-13
A double free exists in the another_hunk function in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.082
Published
2018-02-13
GNU patch 2.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and segmentation fault) via a crafted diff file.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.023
Published
2017-08-25
Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU patch versions which support Git-style patching before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files with the permissions of the target user via a .. (dot dot) in a diff file name.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.112
Published
2017-08-25
GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.
CVSS Score
4.3
EPSS Score
0.061
Published
2015-01-21
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