CVE-2015-1396
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 3%
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.
Products: gnu patch, debian_linux
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | patch | 2.7.3-1 |
| Debian 13 | patch | 2.7.3-1 |
| Debian 14 | patch | 2.7.3-1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | patch | 2.7.5-7.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | patch | 2.7.5-7.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | patch | 2.7.5-7.1 |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | patch | 2.7.1-4ubuntu2.3 |