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GLSA-201612-12 : Patch: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 95527

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201612-12 (Patch: Denial of Service)

 Due to a flaw in Patch, the application can enter an infinite loop when processing a specially crafted diff file.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could pass a specially crafted diff file to Patch, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All patch users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-devel/patch-2.7.4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-12

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 95527

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201612-12.nasl

Version: 3.2

Type: local

Published: 12/5/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:patch, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2016

Reference Information

GLSA: 201612-12