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CVE-2018-6952

Publication date 13 February 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

A double free exists in the another_hunk function in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
patch 24.10 oracular
Vulnerable, fix deferred
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable, fix deferred
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was deferred [2023-09-26]
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was deferred [2023-09-26]
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was deferred [2023-09-26]
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable, fix deferred
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
21.04 hirsute Ignored end of life
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable, fix deferred
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable, fix deferred
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable, fix deferred
14.04 LTS trusty
Vulnerable, fix deferred

Notes

mdeslaur

The patch for this introduced CVE-2019-20633, and no complete fix is available from upstream as of 2023-09-26

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
patch

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H