CVE-2015-1416 Command injection in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary shell commands by providing a crafted patch file to vulnerable versions of the patch utility.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-1416?
CVE-2015-1416 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 5 Feb 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Larry Wall's patch; patch in FreeBSD 10.2-RC1 before 10.2-RC1-p1, 10.2 before 10.2-BETA2-p2, and 10.1 before 10.1-RELEASE-p16; Bitrig; GNU patch before 2.2.5; and possibly other patch variants allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted patch file.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1416?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freebsd Freebsd.
How do I fix CVE-2015-1416?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2015-1416 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1416 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1416, GHSA-hgf9-q4jg-3xqq.