VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-1196
GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 6.15%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.15%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 6.15% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- opensuse/opensuse · oracle/solaris · gnu/patch
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=4e9269a5fc1fe80a1095a92593dd85db871e1fd3Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00013.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/173Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72074Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775227Exploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182154Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99967
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=4e9269a5fc1fe80a1095a92593dd85db871e1fd3Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00013.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/173Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72074Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775227Exploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182154Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99967
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.