CVE-2015-1196

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    CVE-2015-1196

    Published: 21 Jan 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

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

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00013.html, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/173, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72074, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182154, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775227, http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=4e9269a5fc1fe80a1095a92593dd85db871e1fd3, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182154, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99967

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High