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DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1396
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1396
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Record from OSV · Published November 25, 2019
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.
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| patch | Debian:12 | 2.7.3-1 |
| patch | Debian:14 | 2.7.3-1 |
| patch | Debian:13 | 2.7.3-1 |
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | patch | 0 |
| Debian:14 | patch | 0 |
| Debian:13 | patch | 0 |
Timeline
- Nov 25, 2019 CVE Published
- Sep 9, 2026 CVE Updated
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