CVE-2015-1396

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.

• CWE-22

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186764
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186764

Published

Nov 25, 2019

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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