high7.5
CVE-2015-1396
A Directory Traversal vulnerability exists in the GNU patch before 2.7.4.
Impact
A Directory Traversal vulnerability exists in the GNU patch before 2.7.4. A remote attacker can write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1196.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnu | Patch | before 2.7.4 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186764
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186764