CVE-2015-1416

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    CVE-2015-1416

    Published: 5 Feb 2018Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Larry Wall's patch; patch in FreeBSD 10.2-RC1 before 10.2-RC1-p1, 10.2 before 10.2-BETA2-p2, and 10.1 before 10.1-RELEASE-p16; Bitrig; GNU patch before 2.2.5; and possibly other patch variants allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted patch file.

    References: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/9, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/4, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/02/1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/02/6, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76116, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033110, https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15:14.bsdpatch.asc, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/9, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/4, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/02/1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/02/6

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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