CVE-2015-1396

moderate-risk
Published 2019-11-25

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.

Do I need to act?

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3.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (5)

Affected Vendors

Debian Gnu

References (12)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186764
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/29
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75358
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186764
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moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 7/34 · Low
Exposure 12/34 · Low