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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : patch (MDVSA-2015:050)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 81933

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated patch package fixes security vulnerabilities :

It was reported that a crafted diff file can make patch eat memory and later segfault (CVE-2014-9637).

It was reported that the versions of the patch utility that support Git-style patches are vulnerable to a directory traversal flaw. This could allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files by applying a specially crafted patch, with the privileges of the user running patch (CVE-2015-1395).

GNU patch before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file (CVE-2015-1196).

Solution

Update the affected patch package.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 81933

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2015-050.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 3/19/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:patch, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9637, CVE-2015-1196, CVE-2015-1395

BID: 72074, 72286

MDVSA: 2015:050