CVE-2010-4651

Impact

Directory traversal vulnerability in util.c in GNU patch 2.6.1 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a filename that is specified with a .. (dot dot) or full pathname, a related issue to CVE-2010-1679.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=685a78b6052f4df6eac6d625a545cfb54a6ac0e1
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055241.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055246.html
• http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-patch/2010-12/msg00000.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/10
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/19
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/20
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/21
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43663
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43677
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46768
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0600
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667529
• http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=685a78b6052f4df6eac6d625a545cfb54a6ac0e1
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055241.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055246.html
• http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-patch/2010-12/msg00000.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/10
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/19
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/20
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/21
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43663