CVE-2015-1395

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU patch versions which support Git-style patching before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files with the permissions of the target user via a .. (dot dot) in a diff file name.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.36% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gnu.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775873 issue tracking third party advisory patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72846 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html third party advisory patch vendor advisory
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44059 patch vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/28 mailing list third party advisory patch
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=17953b5893f7c9835f0dd2a704ba04e0371d2cbd issue tracking patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184490 issue tracking third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-1395?
CVE-2015-1395 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-1395?
To fix CVE-2015-1395, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-1395 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-1395 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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