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Severity: Normal
Title: Patch: Denial of Service
Date: December 05, 2016
Bugs: #538658
ID: 201612-12
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Synopsis
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Patch is vulnerable to a locally generated Denial of Service condition.
Background
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Patch takes a patch file containing a difference listing produced by
the diff program and applies those differences to one or more original
files, producing patched versions.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 sys-devel/patch < 2.7.4 >= 2.7.4
Description
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Due to a flaw in Patch, the application can enter an infinite loop when
processing a specially crafted diff file.
Impact
======
A local attacker could pass a specially crafted diff file to Patch,
possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All patch users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=sys-devel/patch-2.7.4”
References
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Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-12
Concerns?
=========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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Severity: Normal
Title: Patch: Denial of Service
Date: December 05, 2016
Bugs: #538658
ID: 201612-12
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Synopsis
========
Patch is vulnerable to a locally generated Denial of Service condition.
Background
==========
Patch takes a patch file containing a difference listing produced by
the diff program and applies those differences to one or more original
files, producing patched versions.
Affected packages
=================
——————————————————————-
Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
——————————————————————-
1 sys-devel/patch < 2.7.4 >= 2.7.4
Description
===========
Due to a flaw in Patch, the application can enter an infinite loop when
processing a specially crafted diff file.
Impact
======
A local attacker could pass a specially crafted diff file to Patch,
possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
==========
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
==========
All patch users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=sys-devel/patch-2.7.4”
References
==========
Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
<a class=”moz-txt-link-freetext” href=”https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-12″>https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-12</a>
Concerns?
=========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
<a class=”moz-txt-link-abbreviated” href=”mailto:security@gentoo.org”>security@gentoo.org</a> or alternatively, you may file a bug at
<a class=”moz-txt-link-freetext” href=”https://bugs.gentoo.org”>https://bugs.gentoo.org</a>.
License
=======
Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.
<a class=”moz-txt-link-freetext” href=”http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5″>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5</a></pre>
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