CVE-2010-4651

MediumCVSS 5.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Mar 11, 2011
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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