CVE-2019-13638
Patch GNU Command Injection Vulnerability
Description
GNU patch through 2.7.6 is vulnerable to OS shell command injection that can be exploited by opening a crafted patch file that contains an ed style diff payload with shell metacharacters. The ed editor does not need to be present on the vulnerable system. This is different from CVE-2018-1000156.
INFO
Published Date :
July 26, 2019, 1:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 4:25 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2019-13638 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2019-13638.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
Investigating Why AI Detects SARD but Misses CVEs
C C++ CMake Shell Makefile TeX HTML Perl VBScript Batchfile
The GNU patch utility was prone vulnerable to multiple attacks through version 2.7.6. You can find my related PoC files here.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2019-13638 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2019-13638 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2798 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2964 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3757 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3758 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4061 Added Reference https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=3fcd042d26d70856e826a42b5f93dc4854d80bf0 Added Reference https://github.com/irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVWWGISFWACROJJPVJJL4UBLVZ7LPOLT/ Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29 Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-22 Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0001/ Added Reference https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13638 Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4489 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVWWGISFWACROJJPVJJL4UBLVZ7LPOLT/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SVWWGISFWACROJJPVJJL4UBLVZ7LPOLT/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4061 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3758 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 06, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3757 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2964 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 19, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2798 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 05, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://github.com/irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 28, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0001/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 23, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SVWWGISFWACROJJPVJJL4UBLVZ7LPOLT/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 18, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-22 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 16, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 16, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 05, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=3fcd042d26d70856e826a42b5f93dc4854d80bf0 No Types Assigned https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=3fcd042d26d70856e826a42b5f93dc4854d80bf0 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13638 No Types Assigned https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13638 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4489 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4489 Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-78 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:patch:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 30, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 27, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4489 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-13638 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-13638
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
3.45 }} -27.33%
score
0.86390
percentile