CVE-2010-4651

MEDIUM 5.8CVE-2010-4651 · Published 11/03/2011 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2010-4651 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.8) vulnerability affecting gnu patch (gnu).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.9%, higher than 92.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
gnu patch gnu	`= 2.5= 2.5.4= 2.5.9= 2.6≤ 2.6.1`	No fix yet

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

git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit · Patch
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055241.html · Patch
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055246.html · Patch
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-patch/2010-12/msg00000.html · Patch
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/10 · Patch
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/19 · Patch
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/20
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/21 · Patch
secunia.com/advisories/43663 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/43677 · Vendor Advisory

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