CVE-2018-6951

Se ha descubierto un problema hasta la versión 2.7.6 de GNU patch. Hay un fallo de segmentación, asociado con una desreferencia de puntero NULL, que conduce a una denegación de servicio (DoS) en la función intuit_diff_type en pch.c. Esto también se conoce como problema "mangled rename".

It was discovered that Patch incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. It was discovered that Patch incorrectly handled certain input validation. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that Patch incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.