Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Patch, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.
| Package | Arch | Vulnerable | Unaffected |
|---|---|---|---|
| sys-devel/patch | * | < 2.7.6-r4 | >= 2.7.6-r4 |
Patch takes a patch file containing a difference listing produced by the diff program and applies those differences to one or more original files, producing patched versions.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Patch. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
A local attacker could pass a specially crafted diff file to Patch, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition or arbitrary code execution.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Patch users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/patch-2.7.6-r4"
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Patch, the worst of which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.
| Package | Arch | Vulnerable | Unaffected |
|---|---|---|---|
| sys-devel/patch | * | < 2.7.6-r3 | >= 2.7.6-r3 |
Patch takes a patch file containing a difference listing produced by the diff program and applies those differences to one or more original files, producing patched versions.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Patch. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Patch users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/patch-2.7.6-r3"
Patch is vulnerable to a locally generated Denial of Service condition.
| Package | Arch | Vulnerable | Unaffected |
|---|---|---|---|
| sys-devel/patch | * | < 2.7.4 | >= 2.7.4 |
Patch takes a patch file containing a difference listing produced by the diff program and applies those differences to one or more original files, producing patched versions.
Due to a flaw in Patch, the application can enter an infinite loop when processing a specially crafted diff file.
A local attacker could pass a specially crafted diff file to Patch, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All patch users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/patch-2.7.4"