Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Jul 17, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-13636
CVE-2019-13636
Description
In GNU patch through 2.7.6, the following of symlinks is mishandled in certain cases other than input files. This affects inp.c and util.c.
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Affected products
15- GNU/patchdescription
- osv-coords12 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/patchpkg:apk/chainguard/patch-docpkg:apk/wolfi/patchpkg:apk/wolfi/patch-docpkg:rpm/almalinux/patchpkg:rpm/opensuse/patch&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/patch&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/patch&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/patch&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/patch&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/patch&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/patch&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5
< 2.7.6-r3+ 11 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.6-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.6-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.6-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.6-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.6-11.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.6-150000.5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.6-150000.5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.6-5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.6-150000.5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.6-150000.5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.5-8.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.5-8.8.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
11- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/nvdMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00016.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVWWGISFWACROJJPVJJL4UBLVZ7LPOLT/nvd
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29nvd
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-22nvd
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0001/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/4071-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/4071-2/nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4489nvd
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