CVE-2015-1396
High
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.
SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability88. percentile3.3%
Product
Gnu Patch
PublishedNov 25, 2019
First seenNov 25, 2019
How to fix
Update
- gnu patch2.7.4 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| gnu patch | v < 2.7.4 | 2.7.4 |
| debian debian_linux | 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0 | — |
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