CVE-2019-13636

Public on 2019-07-17
Modified on 2020-07-17
Description
In GNU patch through 2.7.6, the following of symlinks is mishandled in certain cases other than input files. This affects inp.c and util.c.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.9
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core patch 2020-07-16 ALAS2-2020-1457 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2019-13636 Mitre: CVE-2019-13636