CVE-2015-1396

Publication date 28 January 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
patch 15.04 vivid
Fixed 2.7.3-1
14.10 utopic
Fixed 2.7.1-5ubuntu0.3
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.7.1-4ubuntu2.3
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected

Patch details

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Package Patch details
patch

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2651-1
    • GNU patch vulnerabilities
    • 22 June 2015

Other references