CVE-2018-20969

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20969
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-20969.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-20969
Downstream
Related
Published
2019-08-16T04:15:09.860Z
Modified
2026-07-22T01:09:36.006310Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

doedscript 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.

References

Affected packages

Git / cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
3fcd042d26d70856e826a42b5f93dc4854d80bf0
Database specific 
{
    "source": "REFERENCES"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-20969.json"

Git / https.git.savannah.gnu.org/git/patch.git/

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://https.git.savannah.gnu.org/git/patch.git/
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
40b387de08653a1e46872b8ac1a6a14b9b94feb3
Database specific 
{
    "source": "CPE_RANGE",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.7.6"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:patch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
}

Affected versions

v2.*
v2.1
v2.2
v2.3
v2.4
v2.5
v2.5.3
v2.5.4
v2.5.7
v2.5.8
v2.5.9
v2.6
v2.6.1
v2.7
v2.7.1
v2.7.2
v2.7.3
v2.7.4
v2.7.5
v2.7.6

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-20969.json"