DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20969

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20969
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Upstream
Published
2019-08-16T04:15:09Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:07:52Z
Summary
[none]
Details

doedscript in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6 does not block strings beginning with a ! character. NOTE: this is the same commit as for CVE-2019-13638, but the ! syntax is specific to ed, and is unrelated to a shell metacharacter.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / patch

Package

Name
patch
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/patch?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.6-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / patch

Package

Name
patch
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/patch?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.6-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / patch

Package

Name
patch
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/patch?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.6-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / patch

Package

Name
patch
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/patch?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.6-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}