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CVE-2010-4651

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Publication date:
11/03/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnu_patch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.6.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnu_patch:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnu_patch:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnu_patch:2.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnu_patch:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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