GLSA 201908-22: Patch: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Patch: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	08/18/2019
Bugs:	#690136
ID:	201908-22

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Patch, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background

Patch takes a patch file containing a difference listing produced by the diff program and applies those differences to one or more original files, producing patched versions.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
sys-devel/patch	< 2.7.6-r4	>= 2.7.6-r4	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Patch. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A local attacker could pass a specially crafted diff file to Patch, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition or arbitrary code execution.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Patch users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/patch-2.7.6-r4"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201908-22.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.