01 Record

CVE-2015-1395

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU patch versions which support Git-style patching before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files with the permissions of the target user via a

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: debian

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU patch versions which support Git-style patching before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files with the permissions of the target user via a

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: 11.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 95.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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

2017-08-25 18:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 04:40Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-01-27

Assigning CNA

debian

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b2ce7615e7a2e192b2eb745ce5c888e98b46e8984075e19e38bf6bb4a6272de0

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

canonicalubuntu_linuxNot specified—

fedoraprojectfedoraNot specified—

gnupatchNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775873x_refsource_MISC
www.securityfocus.com72846http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72846vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-1134http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
savannah.gnu.orghttps://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44059x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150127 Re: CVE Request: patch: directory traversal via file renamehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/28mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
git.savannah.gnu.orghttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=17953b5893f7c9835f0dd2a704ba04e0371d2cbdx_refsource_CONFIRM
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-1165http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
www.ubuntu.comUSN-2651-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184490x_refsource_CONFIRM

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

patch
Fixed in 2.7.3-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

patch
Fixed in 2.7.3-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

patch
Fixed in 2.7.3-1

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.