Bug 1545405 (CVE-2016-10713)

Summary:	CVE-2016-10713 patch: Out-of-bounds access in pch_write_line function in pch.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Laura Pardo <lpardo>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	than, twaugh
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A heap-based out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way the patch utility parsed patch files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash the patch utility by tricking it into processing crafted patch files.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1554781, 1554782, 1554783
Bug Blocks:	1545055

Description Laura Pardo 2018-02-14 20:48:42 UTC

A flaw was found in GNU patch before 2.7.6. An Out-of-bounds access within pch_write_line() function in pch.c file which can lead to a Denial of Service via a crafted input file.

External References:

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?45990

Upstream Patch:

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/src/pch.c?id=a0d7fe4589651c6

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2019-08-06 12:04:57 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2019:2033 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2033

Comment 5 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-08-06 13:18:38 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-10713