CVE-2018-20969

Name
CVE-2018-20969
Description
do_ed_script in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6 does not block strings beginning with a ! character. NOTE: this is the same commit as for CVE-2019-13638, but the ! syntax is specific to ed, and is unrelated to a shell metacharacter.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Patch https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=3fcd042d26d70856e826a42b5f93dc4854d80bf0
Exploit https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29
Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html
MISC https://github.com/irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities
REDHAT https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2798
REDHAT https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2964
REDHAT https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3757
REDHAT https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4061
REDHAT https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3758

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:patch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* patch >= None <= 2.7.6

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
patch 3.10-main 2.7.6-r6 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
patch 3.14-main 2.7.6-r7 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
patch 3.13-main 2.7.6-r7 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
patch 3.12-main 2.7.6-r7 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
patch 3.11-main 2.7.6-r7 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
patch 3.15-main 2.7.6-r7 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
patch 3.16-main 2.7.6-r7 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
patch 3.17-main 2.7.6-r9 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
patch edge-main 2.7.6-r10 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
patch 3.18-main 2.7.6-r10 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
patch 3.19-main 2.7.6-r10 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
patch 3.20-main 2.7.6-r10 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed