VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-1396
A Directory Traversal vulnerability exists in the GNU patch before 2.7.4.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.25%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.25% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- gnu/patch · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186764
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186764
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.