{"id":"RLSA-2020:1852","summary":"Moderate: patch security and bug fix update","details":"The patch program applies diff files to originals. The diff command is used to compare an original to a changed file. Diff lists the changes made to the file. A person who has the original file can then use the patch command with the diff file to add the changes to their original file (patching the file).\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* patch: the following of symlinks in inp.c and util.c is mishandled in cases other than input files (CVE-2019-13636)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-02-05T14:00:11.500283Z","published":"2020-04-28T09:23:52Z","upstream":["CVE-2019-13636"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2020:1852"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1732781"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"patch","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/patch?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.6-11.el8"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2020:1852.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}