CVE-2015-1396 (GCVE-0-2015-1396)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-11-25 15:44 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- directory traversal
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/0… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186764 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1 | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2015-01-21 00:00
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