Release Date: | 2019-08-16 | |
Impact: | Important | What is this? |
do_ed_script in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6 does not block strings beginning with a ! character. NOTE: this is the same commit as for CVE-2019-13638, but the ! syntax is specific to ed, and is unrelated to a shell metacharacter.
See more information about CVE-2018-20969 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 7.8 |
Vector String: | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Version: | 3.0 |
Attack Vector: | Local |
Attack Complexity: | Low |
Privileges Required: | None |
User Interaction: | Required |
Scope: | Unchanged |
Confidentiality Impact: | High |
Integrity Impact: | High |
Availability Impact: | High |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
Oracle Linux version 7 (patch) | ELSA-2019-2964 | 2019-10-03 |
Oracle Linux version 8 (patch) | ELSA-2019-2798 | 2019-09-19 |
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