CVE-2015-1395
N/A
Published: August 25, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:22 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraUbuntu LinuxPatch
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 11%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU patch versions which support Git-style patching before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files with the permissions of the target user via a .. (dot dot) in a diff file name.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/28
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775873
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/28VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72846Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775873x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184490x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=17953b5893f7c9835f0dd2a704ba04e0371d2cbdQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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