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Status published
Medium
CVE-2010-4651
Directory traversal vulnerability in util.c in GNU patch 2.6.1 and...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0600
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/20
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46768
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/21
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667529
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055246.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/19
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=685a78b6052f4df6eac6d625a545cfb54a6ac0e1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43677
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055241.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/10
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-patch/2010-12/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43663
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
gnu patch
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.5, 2.5.4, 2.5.9, 2.6
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 11th, 2011
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.