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Directory Traversal Affecting patch package, versions <2.7.3-1

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.29% (69th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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Red Hat
5.1 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-PATCH-516290
  • published 25 Aug 2017
  • disclosed 25 Aug 2017
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Introduced: 25 Aug 2017

CVE-2015-1395 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-22 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 patch to version 2.7.3-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream patch package and not the patch package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 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.