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Echo: patch: security update to 2.7.0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 463868

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2010-4651)

Solution

Update the patch library and its related packages to version 2.7.0 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2010-4651

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 463868

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-4651

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/30/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4651