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CVE-2015-1395
Published:August 25, 2017
Updated:May 17, 2026
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.
Related Resources (12)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44059
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775873
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184490
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=17953b5893f7c9835f0dd2a704ba04e0371d2cbd
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1395
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/28
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72846
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-1395
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1395
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-22
EPSS
Base Score:
4.14