| Name | CVE-2015-1396 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 775901 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| patch (PTS) | sid, trixie, bookworm, bullseye | 2.7.6-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| patch | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| patch | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| patch | source | (unstable) | 2.7.3-1 | | | 775901 |
Notes
[wheezy] - patch <not-affected> (Not affected by CVE-2015-1196 and no incomplete fix applied)
[squeeze] - patch <not-affected> (Not affected by CVE-2015-1196 and no incomplete fix applied)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/3