Vulnerability in GNU Patch
CVE-2015-1196
GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.
EPSS: 0.061 (92.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Gnu Patch — versions 2.7.1
- Oracle Solaris — versions 11.2
- Opensuse — versions 13.1, 13.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)