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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=dce4683cbbe107a95f1f0d45fabc304acfb5d71a ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00016.html ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4071-1/ ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4071-2/ ↗
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4489 ↗
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54 ↗
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29 ↗
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-22 ↗
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVWWGISFWACROJJPVJJL4UBLVZ7LPOLT/ ↗
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0001/ ↗
- https://github.com/irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities ↗