Bug 1545053 (CVE-2018-6952) - CVE-2018-6952 patch: Double free of memory in pch.c:another_hunk() causes a crash
Summary: CVE-2018-6952 patch: Double free of memory in pch.c:another_hunk() causes a c...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-6952
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 1545054 1554752 1554758 1554759
Blocks: 1545055
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-02-14 07:19 UTC by Sam Fowler
Modified: 2020-12-17 10:24 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2019-08-06 13:18:36 UTC
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)


Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:2033 0 None None None 2019-08-06 12:04:55 UTC

Description Sam Fowler 2018-02-14 07:19:30 UTC 
GNU patch through version 2.7.6 is vulnerable to a double freeing of memory when supplied a crafted patch file leading to a crash.

Upstream Issue:

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?53133
Comment 1 Sam Fowler 2018-02-14 07:19:51 UTC 
Created patch tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1545054]
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2019-08-06 12:04:54 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 8 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-08-06 13:18:36 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-2018-6952
Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.