Directory Traversal Vulnerability in GNU Patch Versions Allowing Arbitrary File Write

CVE-2015-1395 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

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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