CVE-2014-9637 (GCVE-0-2014-9637)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-08-25 18:00
Modified
2024-08-06 13:47
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
GNU patch 2.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and segmentation fault) via a crafted diff file.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72286 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1 Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72286 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1 Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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