High severity · published Aug 25, 2017
CVE-2015-1395
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…
7.5
CVSS
11.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)11.3% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
20; 21 · source: NVD
PA
Patch · Gnu
through 2.7.2 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 14.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1395
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1395
Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html
Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/28
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72846
Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775873
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