Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2014-9637 is a denial-of-service flaw in GNU patch 2.7.2 and earlier. A malicious diff file can make patch consume memory or crash. Business impact is mainly interruption of build, packaging, or automation workflows that process untrusted patch files. Exposure is most likely on development hosts, build systems, package pipelines, or web services that run GNU patch against externally supplied diffs. General servers are lower risk unless they automatically process untrusted patch files. Treat as a focused operational resilience issue. Prioritize environments that process third-party patches or uploaded diffs, especially build and release pipelines. It is less urgent than code execution vulnerabilities without evidence of active exploitation. Mitigation focus: Apply vendor GNU patch updates from affected distributions.; Upgrade GNU patch beyond 2.7.2 where vendor guidance supports it.; Avoid processing untrusted diff files on production systems..
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- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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