CVE-2015-1196

GNU patch <2.7.1 - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.

References (8)

[Patch] http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=4e9269a5fc1fe80a1095a92593dd85db871e1fd3

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00013.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/173

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72074

[Exploit] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775227

[Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182154

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99967

Scores

EPSS 0.0085

EPSS Percentile 74.6%

Classification

CWE

CWE-59

Status draft

Affected Products (4)

opensuse/opensuse

opensuse/opensuse

oracle/solaris

gnu/patch

Timeline

Published Jan 21, 2015

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026