CVE-2015-1396

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Patch
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 November 2019

Summary

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.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186764
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EPSS Score

8% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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