CVE-2015-1196 (GCVE-0-2015-1196)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-01-21 18:00
Modified
2024-08-06 04:33
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=4e9269a5fc1fe80a1095a92593dd85db871e1fd3 Patch
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00013.html Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/173 Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72074 Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775227 Exploit
secalert@redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182154 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99967
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=4e9269a5fc1fe80a1095a92593dd85db871e1fd3 Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00013.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/173 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72074 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775227 Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182154 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99967
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