Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.891348
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-1348-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'patch' package(s) announced via the DLA-1348-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'patch' package(s) announced via the DLA-1348-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: 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. [0] [link moved to references] Affected Software/OS: 'patch' package(s) on Debian 7. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-1000156 Bugtraq: 20190730 [SECURITY] [DSA 4489-1] patch security update (Google Search) https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54 Bugtraq: 20190816 Details about recent GNU patch vulnerabilities (Google Search) https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-17 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2018/04/05/bangpatch/ https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=894667#19 https://twitter.com/kurtseifried/status/982028968877436928 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00013.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:1199 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1199 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:1200 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1200 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:2091 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2091 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:2092 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2092 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:2093 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2093 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:2094 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2094 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:2095 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2095 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:2096 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2096 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:2097 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2097 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-2/
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