Directory Traversal Affecting patch package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.58% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-PATCH-303892
  • published11 Mar 2011
  • disclosed11 Mar 2011

Introduced: 11 Mar 2011

CVE-2010-4651  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 patch.

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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory traversal vulnerability in util.c in GNU patch 2.6.1 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a filename that is specified with a .. (dot dot) or full pathname, a related issue to CVE-2010-1679.

CVSS Scores

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