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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2019-13636: Patch: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2019-13636: Patch: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/17/2019
Created
08/20/2019
Added
08/19/2019
Modified
08/19/2019

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-devel-patch

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