CVE-2021-45261
Published: 22 December 2021
An Invalid Pointer vulnerability exists in GNU patch 2.7 via the another_hunk function, which causes a Denial of Service.
Notes
Author | Note |
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rodrigo-zaiden | negligible security impact since it affects the CLI tool with a specific malformed patch file. As of 2022-03-04, upstream has not released any updates nor comments on this issue, marking as deferred. |
Priority
CVSS 3 base score: 5.5
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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patch Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Deferred
(2022-03-04)
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focal |
Deferred
(2022-03-04)
|
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hirsute |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
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impish |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
jammy |
Deferred
(2022-03-04)
|
|
kinetic |
Deferred
(2022-03-04)
|
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trusty |
Deferred
(2022-03-04)
|
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upstream |
Needs triage
|
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xenial |
Deferred
(2022-03-04)
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