An issue was discovered in GNU patch through 2.7.6. There is a segmentation fault, associated with a NULL pointer dereference, leading to a denial of service in the intuit_diff_type function in pch.c, aka a "mangled rename" issue.
                
            References
                    | Link | Resource | 
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103044 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry | 
| https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=f290f48a621867084884bfff87f8093c15195e6a | Patch Vendor Advisory | 
| https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?53132 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory | 
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-17 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-1/ | Third Party Advisory | 
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Information
                Published : 2018-02-13 19:29
Updated : 2019-04-17 20:29
NVD link : CVE-2018-6951
Mitre link : CVE-2018-6951
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-6951
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Products Affected
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- ubuntu_linux
gnu
- patch
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-476
                        
            NULL Pointer Dereference
