FKIE_CVE-2010-4651

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-03-11 22:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:25
Severity
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=685a78b6052f4df6eac6d625a545cfb54a6ac0e1Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055241.htmlPatch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055246.htmlPatch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-patch/2010-12/msg00000.htmlPatch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/10Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/19Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/20
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/21Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/43663Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/43677Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46768
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0600Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667529Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=685a78b6052f4df6eac6d625a545cfb54a6ac0e1Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055241.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055246.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-patch/2010-12/msg00000.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/10Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/19Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/20
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/21Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/43663Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/43677Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46768
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0600Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667529Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu gnu_patch *
gnu gnu_patch 2.5
gnu gnu_patch 2.5.4
gnu gnu_patch 2.5.9
gnu gnu_patch 2.6
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