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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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: debian
Published: 2017-08-25T18:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T04:40:18.688Z
Reserved: 2015-01-27T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-1395
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-08-25T18:29:00.590
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2015-1395
 Redhat
                        Redhat