CVE-2019-13638

CVE-2019-13638 affects GNU patch up to version 2.7.6. It enables OS shell command injection when processing a crafted patch file containing an ed-style diff payload with shell metacharacters; the ed editor need not be present on the target system. Multiple connected advisories confirm vulnerable ...

CVE-2018-20969

CVE-2018-20969 / CVE-2019-13638 (GNU patch) : The vulnerability resides in do_ed_script in pch.c of GNU patch up to version 2.7.6, where do_ed_script does not block strings starting with a ! character when using ed-style payloads. This is tied to an upstream commit shared with CVE-2019-13638 and ...