Directory Traversal Affecting patch package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.15% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-PATCH-1942304
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed12 Jan 2015

Introduced: 12 Jan 2015

CVE-2015-1196  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 patch.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream patch package and not the patch package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1