High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 25, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-1395
CVE-2015-1395
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU patch versions which support Git-style patching before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files with the permissions of the target user via a .. (dot dot) in a diff file name.
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/suse/patch&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/patch&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/patch&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012
< 2.7.5-7.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.5-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.5-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.5-7.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/28nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/72846nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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