CVE-2015-1196

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-1196
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2015-01-21T18:59:57
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-30T16:27:35
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:patch:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182154 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775227 Exploit
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=4e9269a5fc1fe80a1095a92593dd85db871e1fd3 Patch
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/173 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72074 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00013.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99967
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1196
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1196
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:55:35 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 03:16:53 2015-01-21T18:59Z 2015-01-21T18:59:57 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 03:16:53 2018-10-30T16:27:35 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 03:16:53 Modified Vulnerability Status updated