CVE-2019-20633
Published: 25 March 2020
GNU patch through 2.7.6 contains a free(p_line[p_end]) Double Free vulnerability in the function another_hunk in pch.c that can cause a denial of service via a crafted patch file. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-6952.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| sbeattie | this issue was introduced by the fix for CVE-2018-6952, which has not been applied to any Ubuntu release, due to a complete fix not being available. |
Priority
CVSS 3 base score: 5.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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patch Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needs triage
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| eoan |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
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| focal |
Needs triage
|
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| groovy |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
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| hirsute |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
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| impish |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
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| jammy |
Needs triage
|
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| kinetic |
Needs triage
|
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| precise |
Ignored
(end of ESM support, was needs-triage)
|
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| trusty |
Needs triage
|
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| upstream |
Not vulnerable
(debian: Incomplete fix for CVE-2018-6952 not applied)
|
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| xenial |
Needs triage
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