SUSE-SU-2015:1019-1

Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20151019-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2015:1019-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2015:1019-1
Related
Published
2015-06-03T12:13:47Z
Modified
2015-06-03T12:13:47Z
Summary
Security update for patch
Details

The GNU patch utility was updated to 2.7.5 to fix three security issues and one non-security bug.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed:

  • CVE-2015-1196: directory traversal flaw when handling git-style patches. This could allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files by tricking the user into applying a specially crafted patch. (bsc#913678)
  • CVE-2015-1395: directory traversal flaw when handling patches which rename files. This could allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files by tricking the user into applying a specially crafted patch. (bsc#915328)
  • CVE-2015-1396: directory traversal flaw via symbolic links. This could allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files by tricking the user into applying a by applying a specially crafted patch. (bsc#915329)

The following bug was fixed:

  • bsc#904519: Function names in hunks (from diff -p) are now preserved in reject files.
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 / patch

Package

Name
patch
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/patch&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.5-7.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "patch": "2.7.5-7.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 / patch

Package

Name
patch
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/patch&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.5-7.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "patch": "2.7.5-7.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 / patch

Package

Name
patch
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/patch&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.5-7.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "patch": "2.7.5-7.1"
        }
    ]
}