Directory Traversal Affecting patch package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.87% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-PATCH-1328769
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Dec 2010

Introduced: 30 Dec 2010

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

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 patch.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream patch package and not the patch package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 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 Base Scores

version 3.1