Debian Security Advisory
DLA-1348-1 patch -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 16 Apr 2018
- Affected Packages:
- patch
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-1000156.
- More information:
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It was discovered that there was an input validation vulnerability in the patch(1) utility where an ed(1) script embedded in a regular input file could result in arbitrary code execution. This was reported by Rachel Kroll [0] et al.
For Debian 7
Wheezy
, this issue has been fixed in patch version 2.6.1-3+deb7u1.We recommend that you upgrade your patch packages.