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CVE-2015-1196 json

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

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-1337

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.1%
EPSS 6.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • patch Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.7.1-7

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1196

  • patch Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.7.1-4ubuntu2.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1196

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • patch SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 2.7.5-7.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:1019-1

  • patch openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.7.5-1.112

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10379-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-1196 updated cvss 3.6

patch: directory traversal via symlinks

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 patch
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 patch Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 patch
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

6.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.debian.org https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775227 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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