SB2019112517 - Path traversal in GNU Patch
Published: November 25, 2019 Updated: July 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019112517
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1396)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.