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Echo: patch: security update to 2.7.6-7

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 457412

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - An issue was discovered in GNU patch through 2.7.6. There is a segmentation fault, associated with a NULL
 pointer dereference, leading to a denial of service in the intuit_diff_type function in pch.c, aka a
 "mangled rename" issue. (CVE-2018-6951)

Solution

Update the patch library and its related packages to version 2.7.6-7 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2018-6951

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 457412

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6951

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6951