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Access Restriction Bypass Affecting patch package, versions <2.5-1

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.8% (82nd percentile)
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NVD
7.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-PATCH-526281
  • published 5 Feb 2018
  • disclosed 5 Feb 2018
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Introduced: 5 Feb 2018

CVE-2015-1416 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-264 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 patch to version 2.5-1 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.

Larry Wall's patch; patch in FreeBSD 10.2-RC1 before 10.2-RC1-p1, 10.2 before 10.2-BETA2-p2, and 10.1 before 10.1-RELEASE-p16; Bitrig; GNU patch before 2.2.5; and possibly other patch variants allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted patch file.