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Bug 1545405 - (CVE-2016-10713) CVE-2016-10713 patch: Out-of-bounds access in pch_write_line function in pch.c
CVE-2016-10713 patch: Out-of-bounds access in pch_write_line function in pch.c
Status: NEW
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=low,public=20180213,reported=2...
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Depends On: 1554781 1554782 1554783
Blocks: 1545055
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Reported: 2018-02-14 15:48 EST by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2018-07-10 00:16 EDT (History)
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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.
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-02-14 15:48:42 EST
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

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