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TI-2015-01284 Aliases CVE-2015-1416GHSA-hgf9-q4jg-3xqq

Larry Wall's patch; patch in FreeBSD 10.2-RC1 before 10.2-RC1-p1, 10.2 before…

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03469 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.0VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.1VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.2VulnerableFreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.1 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.2 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-1416
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hgf9-q4jg-3xqq

References

  • TI-2011-04182 Buffer overflow in libtelnet/encrypt.c in telnetd in FreeBSD 7.3 through 9.0, MIT… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2007-03684 Integer overflow in print-bgp.c in the BGP dissector in tcpdump 3.9.6 and earlier allows… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2002-00376 Integer overflow in xdr_array function in RPC servers for operating systems that use… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-05929 Openssh: regresshion - race condition in ssh allows rce/dos CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2003-00437 Off-by-one error in the fb_realpath() function, as derived from the realpath function in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2003-00642 The prescan function in Sendmail 8.12.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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