Vulnerability CVE-2015-1196
Published: 2015-01-21   Modified: 2015-01-22

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

Type:

CWE-59

 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'))

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Oracle -> Solaris 
Opensuse -> Opensuse 
Novell -> Opensuse 
GNU -> Patch 

 References:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=4e9269a5fc1fe80a1095a92593dd85db871e1fd3
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00013.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/173
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72074
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775227
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182154
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99967
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