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.
CVE-2019-13636
Score 5.9 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 5.9; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.9
- EG Score
- 5.9(medium)
- EPSS
- 89.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 17, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (24)
- cve@mitrehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html
- cve@mitrehttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=dce4683cbbe107a95f1f0d45fabc304acfb5d71a
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00016.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVWWGISFWACROJJPVJJL4UBLVZ7LPOLT/
- cve@mitrehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29
- cve@mitrehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54
- cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-22
- cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0001/
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4071-1/
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4071-2/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4489
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=dce4683cbbe107a95f1f0d45fabc304acfb5d71a
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | patch (2.7.5-1ubuntu0.16.04.2) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | patch (2.7.1-4ubuntu2.4+esm1) @ trusty | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | patch-0:2.7.6-11.el8 | 2020-04-28 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2019-136362020-08-18
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.
- Red HatRHSA-2020:1852MODERATE2019-07-24
RHSA-2020:1852 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-4071-1MEDIUM
Patch vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4071-2MEDIUM
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