Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU40930

Link following in GNU products - CVE-2015-1196

Published: January 21, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU40930

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1196

CWE-ID: CWE-59

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: SUSE
Oracle
GNU

Affected software:
Opensuse
Oracle Solaris
Patch

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.

Install update from vendor's website.