GNU Patch up to 2.7.6 Symlink inp.c privilege escalation

A vulnerability was found in GNU Patch up to 2.7.6 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file inp.c of the component Symlink Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 07/17/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-13636 since 07/17/2019. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/18/2019).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

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VulDB Temp Score: ≈5.5
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Class: Privilege escalation (CWE-269)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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07/17/2019 Advisory disclosed
07/17/2019 +0 days CVE assigned
07/18/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
07/18/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateVendor: gnu.org
CVE: CVE-2019-13636 (🔒)Created: 07/18/2019 08:39 AM
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