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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2018-1000156

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Published

Apr 6, 2018

Added

Jan 20, 2025

Modified

Mar 25, 2026

Description

GNU Patch version 2.7.6 contains an input validation vulnerability when processing patch files, specifically the EDITOR_PROGRAM invocation (using ed) can result in code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via a patch file processed via the patch utility. This is similar to FreeBSD's CVE-2015-1418 however although they share a common ancestry the code bases have diverged over time.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf

References

CVE-2018-100015
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-100015
CWE-20
EUVD-EUVD-2018-1862
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-1862

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