CVE-2014-9637

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-138

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

GNU parche 2.7.2 y anteriores permite que atacantes remotos provoquen una denegación de servicio (consumo de memoria y error de segmentación) mediante un archivo diff manipulado.

Jakub Wilk discovered that GNU patch did not correctly handle file paths in patch files. An attacker could specially craft a patch file that could overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the program. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Laszlo Boszormenyi discovered that GNU patch did not correctly handle some patch files. An attacker could specially craft a patch file that could cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-01-22 CVE Reserved
2015-03-02 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72286	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html	2017-08-30
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html	2017-08-30
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html	2017-08-30
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7	2017-08-30
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1	2017-08-30
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262	2017-08-30
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944	2017-08-30
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051	2017-08-30

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				20 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "20"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				21 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "21"		-		Affected
Mageia Search vendor "Mageia"		Mageia Search vendor "Mageia" for product "Mageia"				4.0 Search vendor "Mageia" for product "Mageia" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.10"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Patch Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Patch"				<= 2.7.2 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Patch" and version " <= 2.7.2"		-		Affected