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This could allow an\nattacker to overwrite arbitrary files by applying a specially crafted patch,\nwith the privileges of the user running patch (CVE-2015-1395).\n\nGNU patch before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via\na symlink attack in a patch file (CVE-2015-1196).\n","status":"published","published":"2015-02-17T18:38:13Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:24:47.269069126Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:39.488462Z"},{"id":"SUSE-SU-2018:1162-1","title":"Security update for patch","description":"This update for patch fixes several issues.\n\nThese security issues were fixed:\n\n- CVE-2018-1000156: patch: Malicious patch files cause ed to execute arbitrary commands (bsc#1088420).\n- CVE-2014-9637: Prevent DoS by remote attackers (memory consumption and\n  segmentation fault) via a crafted diff file (bsc#914891).\n- CVE-2016-10713: Prevent out-of-bounds access within pch_write_line() that\n  could have lead to DoS via a crafted input file (bsc#1080918).\n- CVE-2010-4651: Fixed a directory traversal bug (bsc#662957):\n\n","status":"published","published":"2018-05-07T15:16:04Z","modified":"2026-02-04T03:23:14.898777Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:53:44.594517Z"},{"id":"USN-2651-1","title":"patch vulnerabilities","description":"Jakub Wilk discovered that GNU patch did not correctly handle file paths in\npatch files. An attacker could specially craft a patch file that could\noverwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the program.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-4651)\n\nLászló Böszörményi discovered that GNU patch did not correctly handle some\npatch files. An attacker could specially craft a patch file that could cause a\ndenial of service. (CVE-2014-9637)\n\nJakub Wilk discovered that GNU patch did not correctly handle symbolic links in\ngit style patch files. An attacker could specially craft a patch file that\ncould overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the\nprogram. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10.\n(CVE-2015-1196)\n\nJakub Wilk discovered that GNU patch did not correctly handle file renames in\ngit style patch files. An attacker could specially craft a patch file that\ncould overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the\nprogram. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10.\n(CVE-2015-1395)\n\nJakub Wilk discovered the fix for CVE-2015-1196 was incomplete for GNU patch.\nAn attacker could specially craft a patch file that could overwrite arbitrary\nfiles with the privileges of the user invoking the program. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2015-1396)\n","status":"published","published":"2015-06-22T23:50:54Z","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:54Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:09.227524Z"}]}}