Description
GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=4e9269a5fc1fe80a1095a92593dd85db871e1fd3 ↗
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182154 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72074 ↗
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775227 ↗
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/173 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00013.html ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99967 ↗