CVE-2015-1396 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 inc...
HighCVSS 7.5
EPSS 3.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
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
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/patch(Debian:12) | < 2.7.3-1 | 2.7.3-1 |
| debian/patch(Debian:13) | < 2.7.3-1 | 2.7.3-1 |
| debian/patch(Debian:14) | < 2.7.3-1 | 2.7.3-1 |
| GNU patch | < 2.7.4 | 2.7.4 |
| debian linux | = 8.0 | No fix listed |
| debian linux | = 9.0 | No fix listed |
| debian linux | = 10.0 | No fix listed |
| debian linux | = 11.0 | No fix listed |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2015-1396 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20150127 Re: CVE Request: patch: CVE needed for incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1196? mailing-list
- 75358 third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- www.ubuntu.com
- bugzilla.redhat.com
- bugs.debian.org issue-tracking