MSRC_CVE-2019-13636

Vulnerability from csaf_microsoft - Published: 2019-07-02 00:00 - Updated: 2024-06-30 07:00
Summary
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.

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