CVE-2015-1196
GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.
02 Description
GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-01-21 18:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 04:33Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-01-18
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4b8b0ec9b24751c8e96e2738b46e65faface955104ab57a08db2ec0755a4fd32
05 Affected products
06 References
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=4e9269a5fc1fe80a1095a92593dd85db871e1fd3
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182154
- www.securityfocus.com72074http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72074
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775227
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20150118 Re: CVE request: directory traversal flaw in patchhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/173
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0199http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00013.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgnupatch-unspecified-symlink(99967)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99967
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- patch Fixed in 2.7.1-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- patch Fixed in 2.7.1-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- patch Fixed in 2.7.1-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- patch Fixed in 2.7.1-4ubuntu2.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.