UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1396

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1396

    Published: 28 Jan 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-1396
    Aliases:
    USN-2651-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1396, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2651-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1396

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: patch

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.1-4ubuntu2.3

    Affected versions

    2.7.1-3
    2.7.1-4
    2.7.1-4ubuntu1
    2.7.1-4ubuntu2

    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
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