Directory Traversal Affecting patch package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
11.29% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-PATCH-1942658
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Jan 2015

Introduced: 20 Jan 2015

CVE-2015-1395  (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.

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 .. (dot dot) in a diff file name.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1