CVE-2015-1196
N/A
Published: January 21, 2015 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:21 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsopenSUSESolarisPatch
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
Description
GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=4e9269a5fc1fe80a1095a92593dd85db871e1fd3Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00013.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/173x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72074x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775227x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182154VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99967Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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