CVE-2010-4651

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-03-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

Gnu Patch: through 2.6.1; 2.5, 2.5.4, 2.5.9, 2.6

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=685a78b6052f4df6eac6d625a545cfb54a6ac0e1
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055241.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055246.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-patch/2010-12/msg00000.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/10
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/19
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/20
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/21
http://secunia.com/advisories/43663
http://secunia.com/advisories/43677
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723

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