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.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1395
Reference (s):
- BID:72846
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72846
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184490
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=17953b5893f7c9835f0dd2a704ba04e0371d2cbd
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44059