CVE-2015-1395

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-138

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Una vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en GNU en versiones de parche que soportan parcheo Git-style en versiones anteriores a la 2.7.3 permite que atacantes remotos escriban en archivos arbitrarios con los permisos del usuario objetivo mediante un ".." (dot dot) en el nombre de un archivo diff.

Jakub Wilk discovered that GNU patch did not correctly handle file paths in patch files. An attacker could specially craft a patch file that could overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the program. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Laszlo Boszormenyi discovered that GNU patch did not correctly handle some patch files. An attacker could specially craft a patch file that could cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Complete

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-01-27 CVE Reserved
2015-03-02 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72846	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html	2017-08-30
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html	2017-08-30
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/28	2017-08-30
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1	2017-08-30
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775873	2017-08-30
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184490	2017-08-30
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=17953b5893f7c9835f0dd2a704ba04e0371d2cbd	2017-08-30
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44059	2017-08-30

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				20 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "20"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				21 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "21"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.10"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Patch Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Patch"				<= 2.7.2 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Patch" and version " <= 2.7.2"		-		Affected