Pardus alert 2011-28 (patch)

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[Pardus-security]  [PLSA 2011-28] Patch: Arbitrary File 
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Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:49:00 +0200
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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2011-28            security@pardus.org.tr
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      Date: 2011-02-12
  Severity: 2
      Type: Local
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Summary
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A vulnerability have been fixed in patch, which allows an  attacker  to 
create arbitrary files. 


Description
===========

CVE-2010-4651: 

It was discovered that the patch utility allowed  '..'  in  path  names 
which could allow  an  attacker  to  create  arbitrary  files  using  a 
specially-crafted patch file. 


Affected packages:

  Pardus 2009:
    patch, all before 2.6.1-6-8


Resolution
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There are update(s) for patch. You can update them via Package  Manager 
or with a single command from console: 

    pisi up patch

References
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  * http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=16650
  * http://osdir.com/ml/bug-patch-gnu/2010-12/msg00000.html

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