GNU Patch up to 2.7.3 Incomplete Fix path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in GNU Patch up to 2.7.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Incomplete Fix. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-1396. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in GNU Patch up to 2.7.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Incomplete Fix. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A Directory Traversal vulnerability exists in the GNU patch before 2.7.4. A remote attacker can write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1196.

The weakness was released 11/25/2019 by Jakub Wilk. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-1396 since 01/27/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84339 (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : patch vulnerabilities (USN-2651-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 167921 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for patch (SUSE-SU-2015:1019-1)).

Upgrading to version 2.7.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (84339) and SecurityFocus (BID 75358†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-56813. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Nessus ID: 84339
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : patch vulnerabilities (USN-2651-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 841810
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for patch USN-2651-1
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Patch 2.7.4

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01/27/2015 🔍
06/01/2015 +125 days 🔍
06/22/2015 +21 days 🔍
06/23/2015 +1 days 🔍
11/25/2019 +1616 days 🔍
11/26/2019 +1 days 🔍
11/30/2024 +1831 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: USN-2651-1
Researcher: Jakub Wilk
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-1396 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1396
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-146191
SecurityFocus: 75358 - GNU patch CVE-2015-1396 Incomplete Fix Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/26/2019 06:53
Updated: 11/30/2024 22:17
Changes: 11/26/2019 06:53 (41), 11/26/2019 06:58 (31), 02/27/2024 08:01 (5), 11/30/2024 22:17 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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