# CVE-2015-1196: GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-01-21 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.

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## 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

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