VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-1416

Larry Wall's patch; patch in FreeBSD 10.2-RC1 before 10.2-RC1-p1, 10.2 before 10.2-BETA2-p2, and 10.1 before 10.1-RELEASE-p16; Bitrig; GNU patch before 2.2.5; and possibly other patch variants allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands…

HIGH 7.8EPSS 3.47%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 3.47% probability · 88th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-264
Affected: freebsd/freebsd
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/02/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/02/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76116Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033110Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15:14.bsdpatch.ascVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/02/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/02/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76116Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033110Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15:14.bsdpatch.ascVendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.