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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2018-1000156: Vulnerability in GNU patch utility

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2018-1000156: Vulnerability in GNU patch utility

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/06/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/18/2018
Modified
02/17/2022

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 FreeBSD's CVE-2015-1418 however although they share a common ancestry the code bases have diverged over time.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-text-gnu-patch-2-7-6-1-0-175-3-33-0-3-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-text-gnu-patch-2-7-6-1-11-4-15-0-1-2-0

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