GNU patch through 2.7.6 is vulnerable to OS shell command injection that can be exploited by opening a crafted patch file that contains an ed style diff payload with shell metacharacters. The ed editor does not need to be present on the vulnerable system. This is different from CVE-2018-1000156.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-07-26T12:22:43

Updated: 2024-08-04T23:57:39.539Z

Reserved: 2019-07-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-13638

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-07-26T13:15:12.783

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:03:53.883

Link: CVE-2019-13638

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2019-07-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-13638 - Bugzilla