CVE-2015-1396

CWE-22 — Path Traversal9 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
3.7%
top 12.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
GNU PatchDebian Debian Linux
Timeline
PublishedNov 25
Latest updateMay 24

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDgnu/patch< 2.7.4
▶Debianpatch< 2.7.3-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, 8.0, 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-37cv-ggjj-37qh: A Directory Traversal vulnerability exists in the GNU patch before 2↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2015-1396: A Directory Traversal vulnerability exists in the GNU patch before 2↗2019-11-25
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CVEList
CVE-2015-1396: A Directory Traversal vulnerability exists in the GNU patch before 2↗2019-11-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
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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Debian
CVE-2015-1396: patch - A Directory Traversal vulnerability exists in the GNU patch before 2.7.4. A remo...↗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-2014-3585 redhat-upgrade-tool: does not check GPG signatures on package installation↗2014-08-01
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