Vulnerability CVE-2010-4651
Published: 2011-03-11   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Directory traversal vulnerability in util.c in GNU patch 2.6.1 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a filename that is specified with a .. (dot dot) or full pathname, a related issue to CVE-2010-1679.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.8/10
4.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> Gnu patch 

 References:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=685a78b6052f4df6eac6d625a545cfb54a6ac0e1
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055241.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055246.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-patch/2010-12/msg00000.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/10
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/19
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/20
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/21
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46768
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0600
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667529
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