GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1196
Reference (s):
- BID:72074
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72074
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=4e9269a5fc1fe80a1095a92593dd85db871e1fd3
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775227