CVE-2015-1418
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Published: February 5, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:22 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
The do_ed_script function in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6, and patch in FreeBSD 10.1 before 10.1-RELEASE-p17, 10.2 before 10.2-BETA2-p3, 10.2-RC1 before 10.2-RC1-p2, and 0.2-RC2 before 10.2-RC2-p1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted patch file, because a '!' character can be passed to the ed program.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (6)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76236VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033188x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/5.7/common/013_patch.patch.sigVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
Source: [email protected]
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15:18.bsdpatch.ascQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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