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CVE-2010-4651

Published: 11 March 2011

Directory traversal vulnerability in util.c in GNU patch 2.6.1 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a filename that is specified with a .. (dot dot) or full pathname, a related issue to CVE-2010-1679.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
patch changes behaviour and likely causes regressions

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
patch
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

precise
Released (2.6.1-3ubuntu0.1)
trusty Not vulnerable
(2.7.1-4ubuntu1)
utopic Not vulnerable
(2.7.1-5)
vivid Not vulnerable
(2.7.1-6)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=685a78b6052f4df6eac6d625a545cfb54a6ac0e1