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CVE-2015-1395

patch: directory traversal via file rename

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

3.6

CVSS 2.0

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Published · January 20, 2015

Updated · May 13, 2026

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.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 3.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')