UBUNTU-CVE-2010-4651

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2010-4651

    Published: 11 Mar 2011Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2010-4651
    Aliases:
    USN-2651-1

    Summary:

    Details: Directory traversal vulnerability in util.c in GNU patch 2.6.1 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a filename that is specified with a .. (dot dot) or full pathname, a related issue to CVE-2010-1679.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4651, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2651-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4651

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: patch

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.1-4ubuntu1

    Affected versions

    2.7.1-3
    2.7.1-4

    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