{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1196","details":"GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.","modified":"2026-01-30T02:30:30.041692Z","published":"2015-01-21T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2651-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-1196"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1196"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2651-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1196"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"patch","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/patch@2.7.1-4ubuntu2.3?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.7.1-4ubuntu2.3"}]}],"versions":["2.7.1-3","2.7.1-4","2.7.1-4ubuntu1","2.7.1-4ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"patch","binary_version":"2.7.1-4ubuntu2.3"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1196.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}