CVE-2015-1395

Publication date 28 January 2015

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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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Status

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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

Notes

tyhicks

git-style patch support added in 2.7

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
patch	Upstream: ?id=179

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:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N