CVE-2015-1196
First published: Mon Jan 12 2015(Updated: )
GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| openSUSE openSUSE | =13.1 | |
| openSUSE openSUSE | =13.2 | |
| Oracle Solaris | =11.2 | |
| GNU patch | =2.7.1 | |
| debian/patch | 2.7.6-7 | |
| redhat/patch | <2.7.4 | 2.7.4 |
Remedy
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=4e9269a5fc1fe80a1095a92593dd85db871e1fd3
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Reference Links
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1196
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775227
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=4e9269a5fc1fe80a1095a92593dd85db871e1fd3
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00013.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/173
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72074
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182154
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99967
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1182157
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/131
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=981802&action=diff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=981802&action=edit
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=44a987e02f04b9d81a0db4a611145cad1093a2d3
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/189
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1182154#c8
- http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44059
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1182154#c4
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775901
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1396
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1186764
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