CVE-2010-4651
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8EPSS 4.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 4.9% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4616)
- Published
- March 11, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4616 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / gnu patch
- gnu / gnu patch
- gnu / gnu patch
- gnu / gnu patch
- gnu / gnu patch
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=685a78b6052f4df6eac6d625a545cfb54a6ac0e1(Patch)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055241.html(Patch)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055246.html(Patch)
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-patch/2010-12/msg00000.html(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/10(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/19(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/20
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/21(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43663(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43677(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46768
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0600(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667529(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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