Re: CVE request: patch directory traversal flaw

[Josh Bressers <bressers () redhat com>]

Please use CVE-2010-4651.

Thanks.

-- 
    JB

----- Original Message -----
> 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.
>
> --
> Vincent Danen / Red Hat Security Response Team