Re: CVE request: patch directory traversal flaw

[Steve Beattie <steve () nxnw org>]

On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 02:54:57PM -0700, Vincent Danen wrote:
> We got a heads up on a directory traversal flaw in patch.  I don't think
> a CVE name has been assigned to it; could we get one?  It allows for the
> creation of arbitrary files in unexpected places due to the use of '..'.
>
> References:
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667529
> http://osdir.com/ml/bug-patch-gnu/2010-12/msg00000.html
>
> Thanks.

I believe the Debian security team assigned CVE-2010-1679 for this
issue.

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Steve Beattie
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