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CVE-2016-10713

Publication date 13 February 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

An issue was discovered in GNU patch before 2.7.6. Out-of-bounds access within pch_write_line() in pch.c can possibly lead to DoS via a crafted input file.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
patch 17.10 artful
Fixed 2.7.5-1ubuntu0.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.7.5-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.7.1-4ubuntu2.4

Patch details

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Package Patch details
patch

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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