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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.061 (93.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.061 · newest: 0.061 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU Patch — versions 2.7.1
- Oracle Solaris — versions 11.2
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/ (Patch)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html (Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/72074 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Exploit)
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/173 (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00013.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99967 (vdb-entry)