medium5.5
CVE-2014-9637
GNU patch 2.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and segmentation fault) via a crafted diff file.
Impact
GNU patch 2.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and segmentation fault) via a crafted diff file.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 20, 21 |
| Mageia | Mageia | Version 4.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 12.04, 14.04, 14.10 |
| Gnu | Patch | through 2.7.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72286
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72286
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051