Code: do_ed_script (char const *inname, char const *outname,
	      bool *outname_needs_removal, FILE *ofp)
{
    static char const editor_program[] = EDITOR_PROGRAM;

    file_offset beginning_of_this_line;
    size_t chars_read;
    FILE *tmpfp = 0;
    char const *tmpname;
    int tmpfd;
    pid_t pid;

    if (! dry_run && ! skip_rest_of_patch)
      {
	/* Write ed script to a temporary file.  This causes ed to abort on
	   invalid commands such as when line numbers or ranges exceed the
	   number of available lines.  When ed reads from a pipe, it rejects
	   invalid commands and treats the next line as a new command, which
	   can lead to arbitrary command execution.  */

	tmpfd = make_tempfile (&tmpname, 'e', NULL, O_RDWR | O_BINARY, 0);
	if (tmpfd == -1)
	  pfatal ("Can't create temporary file %s", quotearg (tmpname));
	tmpfp = fdopen (tmpfd, "w+b");
	if (! tmpfp)
	  pfatal ("Can't open stream for file %s", quotearg (tmpname));
      }

    for (;;) {
	char ed_command_letter;
	beginning_of_this_line = file_tell (pfp);
	chars_read = get_line ();
	if (! chars_read) {
	    next_intuit_at(beginning_of_this_line,p_input_line);
	    break;
	}
	ed_command_letter = get_ed_command_letter (buf);
	if (ed_command_letter) {
	    if (tmpfp)
		if (! fwrite (buf, sizeof *buf, chars_read, tmpfp))
		    write_fatal ();
	    if (ed_command_letter != 'd' && ed_command_letter != 's') {
	        p_pass_comments_through = true;
		while ((chars_read = get_line ()) != 0) {
		    if (tmpfp)
			if (! fwrite (buf, sizeof *buf, chars_read, tmpfp))
			    write_fatal ();
		    if (chars_read == 2  &&  strEQ (buf, ".\n"))
			break;
		}
		p_pass_comments_through = false;
	    }
	}
	else {
	    next_intuit_at(beginning_of_this_line,p_input_line);
	    break;
	}
    }
    if (!tmpfp)
      return;
    if (fwrite ("w\nq\n", sizeof (char), (size_t) 4, tmpfp) == 0
	|| fflush (tmpfp) != 0)
      write_fatal ();

    if (lseek (tmpfd, 0, SEEK_SET) == -1)
      pfatal ("Can't rewind to the beginning of file %s", quotearg (tmpname));

    if (! dry_run && ! skip_rest_of_patch) {
	int exclusive = *outname_needs_removal ? 0 : O_EXCL;
	*outname_needs_removal = true;
	if (inerrno != ENOENT)
	  {
 	    *outname_needs_removal = true;
 	    copy_file (inname, outname, 0, exclusive, instat.st_mode, true);
 	  }
	sprintf (buf, "%s %s%s", editor_program,
		 verbosity == VERBOSE ? "" : "- ",
		 outname);
 	fflush (stdout);
 
 	pid = fork();
	fflush (stdout);

 	else if (pid == 0)
 	  {
 	    dup2 (tmpfd, 0);
	    execl ("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", buf, (char *) 0);
 	    _exit (2);
 	  }
 	else
	  }
	else
	  {
	    int wstatus;
	    if (waitpid (pid, &wstatus, 0) == -1
	        || ! WIFEXITED (wstatus)
		|| WEXITSTATUS (wstatus) != 0)
	      fatal ("%s FAILED", editor_program);
	  }
    }

Vulnerability Type: 
CWE ID: CWE-78
Summary: GNU patch through 2.7.6 is vulnerable to OS shell command injection that can be exploited by opening a crafted patch file that contains an ed style diff payload with shell metacharacters. The ed editor does not need to be present on the vulnerable system. This is different from CVE-2018-1000156.
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