CVE-2015-1196 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.

GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2015-01-21 18:59:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:27:00

Affected Software

OpenSUSE 13.1

13.1

OpenSUSE 13.2

13.2

Oracle Solaris 11.2

11.2

GNU patch 2.7.1

2.7.1

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=4e9269a5fc1fe80a1095a92593dd85db871e1fd3

Patch

openSUSE-SU-2015:0199

Third Party Advisory

[oss-security] 20150118 Re: CVE request: directory traversal flaw in patch

Third Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html

Third Party Advisory

72074

Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775227

Exploit

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182154

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

gnupatch-unspecified-symlink(99967)

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