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CVE-2010-4651

Directory traversal vulnerability in util.c in GNU patch 2.6.1 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a filename that is specified with a .. (dot dot) or full pathname, a related issue to CVE-2010-1679.

Published

2011-03-11T22:55:02.090

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-22

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	gnu_patch	≤ 2.6.1	Yes
Application	gnu	gnu_patch	2.5	Yes
Application	gnu	gnu_patch	2.5.4	Yes
Application	gnu	gnu_patch	2.5.9	Yes
Application	gnu	gnu_patch	2.6	Yes

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=685a78b6052f4df6eac6d625a545cfb54a6ac0e1 Patch ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055241.html Patch ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055246.html Patch ([email protected])
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-patch/2010-12/msg00000.html Patch ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/10 Patch ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/19 Patch ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/20 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/21 Patch ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/43663 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/43677 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46768 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0600 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667529 Patch ([email protected])
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=685a78b6052f4df6eac6d625a545cfb54a6ac0e1 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055241.html Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055246.html Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-patch/2010-12/msg00000.html Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/10 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/19 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/20 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/21 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43663 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43677 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46768 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0600 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667529 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)