Bug 1545046 (CVE-2018-6951) - CVE-2018-6951 patch: NULL pointer dereference in pch.c:intuit_diff_type() causes a crash
Summary: CVE-2018-6951 patch: NULL pointer dereference in pch.c:intuit_diff_type() cau...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2018-6951
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1545047 1554750
Blocks: 1545055
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Reported: 2018-02-14 06:58 UTC by Sam Fowler
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:32 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:39:56 UTC
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Description Sam Fowler 2018-02-14 06:58:09 UTC 
GNU patch through version 2.7.6 in pch.c:intuit_diff_type() is vulnerable to a crash caused by malicious patch file.

Upstream Issue:

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?53132

Upstream Patch:

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=f290f48a621867084884bfff87f8093c15195e6a
Comment 1 Sam Fowler 2018-02-14 06:58:33 UTC 
Created patch tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1545047]
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