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Link Following Affecting patch package, versions <2.7.1-7

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.3% (70th percentile)
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NVD
4.3 medium
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Red Hat
5.1 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-PATCH-518909
  • published 21 Jan 2015
  • disclosed 21 Jan 2015
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Introduced: 21 Jan 2015

CVE-2015-1196 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-59 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 patch to version 2.7.1-7 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.

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