# CVE-2015-1416: Larry Wall's patch; patch in FreeBSD 10.2-RC1 before 10.2-RC1-p1, 10.2 before 10.2-BETA2-p2, and 10.1 before 10.1-RELEASE-p16; Bitrig; GNU p

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-02-05 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Larry Wall's patch; patch in FreeBSD 10.2-RC1 before 10.2-RC1-p1, 10.2 before 10.2-BETA2-p2, and 10.1 before 10.1-RELEASE-p16; Bitrig; GNU patch before 2.2.5; and possibly other patch variants allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted patch file.

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## References

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/02/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/4
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15:14.bsdpatch.asc
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033110
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76116
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/02/6

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