CVE-2015-1196

CWE-59CWE-22 — Path Traversal10 documents8 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUM
EPSS
0.9%
top 25.09%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
GNU PatchOpensuse OpensuseOracle Solaris
Timeline
PublishedJan 21
Latest updateMay 14

Description

GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:P/A:NExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Debianpatch< 2.7.1-7+3
▶NVDgnu/patch2.7.1
▶NVDoracle/solaris11.2
▶NVDopensuse/opensuse13.1, 13.2+1

Patches

Patch: git.savannah.gnu.org ↗Patch: git.savannah.gnu.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-pgg8-q7hj-8mg8: GNU patch 2↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2015-1196: GNU patch 2↗2015-01-21
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CVEList
CVE-2015-1196: GNU patch 2↗2015-01-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
GNU patch vulnerabilities↗2015-06-22
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Red Hat
patch: directory traversal via symlinks (incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1196)↗2015-01-24
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Red Hat
patch: directory traversal via symlinks↗2015-01-12
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Debian
CVE-2015-1196: patch - GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlin...↗2015
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-1396 patch: directory traversal via symlinks (incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1196)↗2015-01-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-1196 patch: directory traversal via symlinks↗2015-01-14
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CVE-2015-1196 (MEDIUM CVSS 4.3) | GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attac | cvebase.io