Vulnerability CVE-2019-13636
Published: 2019-07-17

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-59

 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.8/10
4.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> Patch 

 References:
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=dce4683cbbe107a95f1f0d45fabc304acfb5d71a
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00016.html
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4071-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4071-2/
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4489
Copyright 2024, cxsecurity.com

 

Back to Top