GNU patch through 2.7.6 contains a free(p_line[p_end]) Double Free vulnerability in the function another_hunk in pch.c that can cause a denial of service via a crafted patch file. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-6952.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2780-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2019-20633: Fixed double-free/OOB read in pch.c (bsc#1167721)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2704-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2019-20633: Fixed double-free/OOB read in pch.c (bsc#1167721)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the patch package has been released.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - patch: Invalid Pointer via another_hunk function (CVE-2021-45261)

  - GNU patch through 2.7.6 contains a free(p_line[p_end]) Double Free vulnerability in the function     another_hunk in pch.c that can cause a denial of service via a crafted patch file. NOTE: this issue exists     because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-6952. (CVE-2019-20633)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - patch: directory traversal via file rename (CVE-2015-1395)

  - GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.
    (CVE-2015-1196)

  - 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. (CVE-2019-13636)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
205130	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : patch (SUSE-SU-2024:2780-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
204979	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : patch (SUSE-SU-2024:2704-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
204431	Photon OS 5.0: Patch PHSA-2024-5.0-0201	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
198416	RHEL 8 : patch (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
198348	RHEL 7 : patch (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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