CVE-2010-4651

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667529

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0600

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46768

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723

http://secunia.com/advisories/43677

http://secunia.com/advisories/43663

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/21

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/20

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/19

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/10

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-patch/2010-12/msg00000.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055246.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055241.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=685a78b6052f4df6eac6d625a545cfb54a6ac0e1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3