CVE-2015-1396 | BDVDB-2026-126539 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186764
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12019-11-25Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.