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CVE-2010-4651
Directory traversal vulnerability in util.c in GNU patch 2.6.1 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to create or overwrite…
Medium5.8EPSS 4.9%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.9% · top 7.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (15)
- ADV-2011-0600 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110106 Re: CVE request: patch directory traversal flaw (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 46768 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2011-06-23-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110106 Re: CVE request: patch directory traversal flaw (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667529 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-1269 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110106 Re: CVE request: patch directory traversal flaw (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=685a78b6052f4df6eac6d625a545cfb54a6ac0e1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 43677 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-1272 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110105 CVE request: patch directory traversal flaw (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [bug-patch] 20101230 Directory traversal vulnerability in patch (or dpkg-source) (fwd) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 43663 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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