#VU30583 Path traversal in Patch - CVE-2015-1396
Published: November 25, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30583
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1396
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Patch
Patch
Software vendor:
GNU
GNU
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
A Directory Traversal vulnerability exists in the GNU patch before 2.7.4. A remote attacker can write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1196.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.