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CVE-2018-1000156

Description

GNU Patch version 2.7.6 contains an input validation vulnerability when processing patch files, specifically the EDITOR_PROGRAM invocation (using ed) can result in code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via a patch file processed via the patch utility. This is similar to FreeBSDs CVE-2015-1418 however although they share a common ancestry the code bases have diverged over time.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
36.762

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Patch security update (CESA-2018:1199) patch-2.6-8.el6_9.i686.rpmLinux
Patch security update (CESA-2018:1199) patch-2.6-8.el6_9.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2018:1199) Important: patch security update patch-2.6-8.el6_9.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2018:1199) Important: patch security update patch-2.6-8.el6_9.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2018:1200) Important: patch security update patch-2.7.1-10.el7_5.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2018:2091) Important: patch security update patch-2.7.1-10.el7_4.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2018:2092) Important: patch security update patch-2.7.1-10.el7_3.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2018:2093) Important: patch security update patch-2.7.1-10.el7_2.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2018:1128-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 ) patch-2.7.5-8.5.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2018:1128-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 ) patch-debuginfo-2.7.5-8.5.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2018:1128-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 ) patch-debugsource-2.7.5-8.5.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2018:1162-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 ) patch-2.5.9-252.22.7.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Patch update (ELSA-2018-1199) patch-2.6-8.el6_9.x86_64.rpmLinux
Patch update (ELSA-2018-1199) patch-2.6-8.el6_9.i686.rpmLinux
(CESA-2018:2092) Important: patch security update patch-2.7.1-10.el7_3.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234