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.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775873
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72846
Patch, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44059
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/28
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=17953b5893f7c9835f0dd2a704ba04e0371d2cbd
Patch, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184490
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0414
EPSS Percentile
88.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (6)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.10
fedoraproject/fedora
20
fedoraproject/fedora
21
gnu/patch
< 2.7.2
Published
Aug 25, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026