CVE-2015-1396

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 v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.4 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

6.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:patch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-11-25 16:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:13

NVD link : CVE-2015-1396

Mitre link : CVE-2015-1396

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-1396

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

gnu

patch

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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