Directory Traversal Affecting patch package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PATCH-1331693
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed12 Jan 2015

Introduced: 12 Jan 2015

CVE-2015-1196  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 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:7 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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1