RLSA-2020:1852

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2020:1852
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2020:1852.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2020:1852
Related
Published
2020-04-28T09:23:52Z
Modified
2023-02-02T12:50:41.095620Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Moderate: patch security and bug fix update
Details

The patch program applies diff files to originals. The diff command is used to compare an original to a changed file. Diff lists the changes made to the file. A person who has the original file can then use the patch command with the diff file to add the changes to their original file (patching the file).

Security Fix(es):

  • patch: the following of symlinks in inp.c and util.c is mishandled in cases other than input files (CVE-2019-13636)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.

References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:8 / patch

Package

Name
patch
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/patch?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:2.7.6-11.el8