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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201904-17 |
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https://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Patch: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: April 17, 2019 |
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Bugs: #647792, #647794, #652710 |
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ID: 201904-17 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Patch, the worst of which |
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could result in the execution of arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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Patch takes a patch file containing a difference listing produced by |
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the diff program and applies those differences to one or more original |
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files, producing patched versions. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 sys-devel/patch < 2.7.6-r3 >= 2.7.6-r3 |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Patch. Please review |
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the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
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Impact |
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Patch users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/patch-2.7.6-r3" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2018-1000156 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000156 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2018-6951 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6951 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2018-6952 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6952 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-17 |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |