{ "document": { "aggregate_severity": { "text": "High" }, "category": "csaf_vex", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "text": "TuxCare License Agreement", "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "legal_disclaimer", "text": "This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Cloud Linux Inc. and provide a link to the original.", "title": "Terms of Use" } ], "publisher": { "category": "vendor", "contact_details": "https://tuxcare.com/contact/", "name": "TuxCare", "namespace": "https://tuxcare.com/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://security.tuxcare.com/csaf/v2/els_os/oraclelinux6els/vex/2018/cve-2018-20969-els_os-oraclelinux6els.json" } ], "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-10-27T08:06:49Z", "generator": { "date": "2026-10-27T08:06:49Z", "engine": { "name": "pyCSAF" } }, "id": "CVE-2018-20969-ELS_OS-ORACLELINUX6ELS", "initial_release_date": "2018-01-01T00:00:00Z", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2018-01-01T00:00:00Z", "number": "1", "summary": "Initial version" }, { "date": "2026-10-27T08:06:49Z", "number": "2", "summary": "Official Publication" } ], "status": "final", "version": "2" }, "title": "Security update on CVE-2018-20969" }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_name", "name": "Oracle Linux 6", "product": { "name": "Oracle Linux 6", "product_id": "Oracle-Linux-6", "product_identification_helper": { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" } } } ], "category": "product_family", "name": "Oracle Linux" } ], "category": "vendor", "name": "Oracle Corporation" }, { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version", "name": "patch-0:2.6-8.el6_9.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "product": { "name": "patch-0:2.6-8.el6_9.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "product_id": "patch-0:2.6-8.el6_9.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:rpm/cloudlinux/patch@2.6-8.el6_9.tuxcare.els1?arch=x86_64" } } } ], "category": "architecture", "name": "x86_64" }, { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version", "name": "patch-0:2.6-8.el6_9.tuxcare.els1.i686", "product": { "name": "patch-0:2.6-8.el6_9.tuxcare.els1.i686", "product_id": "patch-0:2.6-8.el6_9.tuxcare.els1.i686", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:rpm/cloudlinux/patch@2.6-8.el6_9.tuxcare.els1?arch=i686" } } } ], "category": "architecture", "name": "i686" } ], "category": "vendor", "name": "CloudLinux" } ], "relationships": [ { "category": "default_component_of", "full_product_name": { "name": "patch-0:2.6-8.el6_9.tuxcare.els1.x86_64 as a component of Oracle Linux 6", "product_id": "Oracle-Linux-6:patch-0:2.6-8.el6_9.tuxcare.els1.x86_64" }, "product_reference": "patch-0:2.6-8.el6_9.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "relates_to_product_reference": "Oracle-Linux-6" }, { "category": "default_component_of", "full_product_name": { "name": "patch-0:2.6-8.el6_9.tuxcare.els1.i686 as a component of Oracle Linux 6", "product_id": "Oracle-Linux-6:patch-0:2.6-8.el6_9.tuxcare.els1.i686" }, "product_reference": "patch-0:2.6-8.el6_9.tuxcare.els1.i686", "relates_to_product_reference": "Oracle-Linux-6" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2018-20969", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-78", "name": "Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "do_ed_script in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6 does not block strings beginning with a ! character. NOTE: this is the same commit as for CVE-2019-13638, but the ! syntax is specific to ed, and is unrelated to a shell metacharacter.", "title": "Vulnerability description" }, { "category": "other", "text": "TuxCare has assessed that this vulnerability does not impact any currently supported TuxCare products. This evaluation may change as new information becomes available. For additional details regarding this vulnerability and affected products, refer to the provided references.", "title": "Statement" } ], "product_status": { "known_not_affected": [ "Oracle-Linux-6:patch-0:2.6-8.el6_9.tuxcare.els1.i686", "Oracle-Linux-6:patch-0:2.6-8.el6_9.tuxcare.els1.x86_64" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/cve/CVE-2018-20969" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html", "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2798", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2798" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2964", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2964" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3757", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3757" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3758", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3758" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4061", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4061" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=3fcd042d26d70856e826a42b5f93dc4854d80bf0", "url": "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=3fcd042d26d70856e826a42b5f93dc4854d80bf0" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities", "url": "https://github.com/irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29", "url": "https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29" } ], "release_date": "2019-08-16T04:15:00Z", "threats": [ { "category": "impact", "details": "Important" }, { "category": "impact", "date": "2026-10-15T22:10:29.194221Z", "details": "important", "product_ids": [ "Oracle-Linux-6:patch-0:2.6-8.el6_9.tuxcare.els1.i686", "Oracle-Linux-6:patch-0:2.6-8.el6_9.tuxcare.els1.x86_64" ] } ] } ] }