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FKIE_CVE-2014-9637

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-08-25 18:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:18
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.comhttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72286Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72286Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products

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