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CVE-2015-1396
Published: Nov 25, 2019
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
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References
[oss-security] 20150127 Re: CVE Request: patch: CVE needed for incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1196?
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75358
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186764
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
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