NULL pointer dereference in Patch - CVE-2018-6951

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11177

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6951

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: GNU

Affected software:
Patch

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the intuit_diff_type function due to NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

Install update from vendor's website.

• https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?53132#comment0