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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-13636: Security patch for patch (ALAS-2020-1457)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-13636: Security patch for patch (ALAS-2020-1457)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/17/2019
Created
07/21/2020
Added
07/21/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-patch
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-patch-debuginfo

References

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