{"schemaVersion":3,"id":"USN-2651-1","aliases":[],"status":"published","duplicateOf":null,"title":null,"description":"patch vulnerabilities\n\nJakub Wilk discovered that GNU patch did not correctly handle file paths in\npatch files. An attacker could specially craft a patch file that could\noverwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the program.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-4651)\n\nLászló Böszörményi discovered that GNU patch did not correctly handle some\npatch files. An attacker could specially craft a patch file that could cause a\ndenial of service. (CVE-2014-9637)\n\nJakub Wilk discovered that GNU patch did not correctly handle symbolic links in\ngit style patch files. An attacker could specially craft a patch file that\ncould overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the\nprogram. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10.\n(CVE-2015-1196)\n\nJakub Wilk discovered that GNU patch did not correctly handle file renames in\ngit style patch files. An attacker could specially craft a patch file that\ncould overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the\nprogram. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10.\n(CVE-2015-1395)\n\nJakub Wilk discovered the fix for CVE-2015-1196 was incomplete for GNU patch.\nAn attacker could specially craft a patch file that could overwrite arbitrary\nfiles with the privileges of the user invoking the program. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2015-1396)","dates":{"published":"2015-06-22T23:50:54.000Z","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:54.000Z","reserved":null,"kevAdded":[],"kevDue":[]},"cvss":{"headline":{"score":null,"severity":"unknown","version":null,"versionLabel":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"computed":false,"selection":"none"},"metrics":[]},"epss":{"probability":null,"percentile":null,"severity":"unknown","asOf":null,"change":{"pp":null,"baselineDate":null,"baselineScore":null},"history":[],"last30":[]},"kev":{"state":"not-listed","entries":[],"listedCount":0,"totalCatalogs":3,"catalogs":[{"source":"cisa","label":"CISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"enisa","label":"ENISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"circl","label":"CIRCL","listed":false,"entry":null}]},"ransomware":{"state":"none-recorded","sources":[]},"exploits":[],"exploitCount":0,"weaknesses":[],"affected":[{"vendor":"ubuntu","product":"patch","name":"patch","label":"patch","ecosystem":"Ubuntu","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/patch","purlType":"deb","versions":[{"text":"< 2.7.1-4ubuntu2.3","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 2.7.1-4ubuntu2.3","eol":null,"hubHref":null}],"affectedCount":1,"eol":{"hasEol":false,"count":0},"references":[{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2651-1","label":"ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2651-1","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4651","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4651","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9637","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9637","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1196","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1196","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1395","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1395","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1396","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1396","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]}],"lineage":{"upstream":["CVE-2010-4651","CVE-2014-9637","CVE-2015-1196","CVE-2015-1395","CVE-2015-1396"],"downstream":[],"duplicates":[],"related":["CVE-2010-4651","CVE-2014-9637","CVE-2015-1196","CVE-2015-1395","CVE-2015-1396"]},"timeline":[{"kind":"published","date":"2015-06-22T23:50:54.000Z","label":"Published","detail":"Vulnerability first disclosed.","source":null},{"kind":"modified","date":"2026-02-10T04:40:54.000Z","label":"Last modified","detail":"Vulnerability information updated.","source":null}],"risk":{"score":0,"level":"minimal","profile":"Default","thresholds":{"critical":75,"high":50,"medium":25,"low":10}},"meta":{"dataAsOf":"2026-10-19T21:33:48.504Z","stale":false,"partial":false}}