vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-13638: OS Command Injection
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jul 26, 2019 | Nov 8, 2019 | Dec 5, 2025 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 26, 2019
Added
Nov 8, 2019
Modified
Dec 5, 2025
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.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-patch
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