CVE-2018-1000156

HIGH

GNU Patch 2.7.6 - Remote Code Execution via EDITOR_PROGRAM Invocation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

GNU Patch version 2.7.6 contains an input validation vulnerability when processing patch files, specifically the EDITOR_PROGRAM invocation (using ed) can result in code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via a patch file processed via the patch utility. This is similar to FreeBSD's CVE-2015-1418 however although they share a common ancestry the code bases have diverged over time.

References (21)

Core 21
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00013.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-2/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2091
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2094
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2093
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1200
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2095
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1199
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2092
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2097
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2096
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-17
Mailing List mailing-list
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29
Mailing List mailing-list
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.3676
EPSS Percentile 97.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (29)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 17.10
debian/debian_linux 7.0
gnu/patch 2.7.6
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
... and 19 more
Published Apr 06, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026