CVE-2014-9447 (GCVE-0-2014-9447)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-01-02 20:00
Modified
2024-08-06 13:47
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in the read_long_names function in libelf/elf_begin.c in elfutils 0.152 and 0.161 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files to the root directory via a / (slash) in a crafted archive, as demonstrated using the ar program.
References
cve@mitre.org http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0033.html
cve@mitre.org http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148321.html
cve@mitre.org http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148326.html
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/61934
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/62560
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/62661
cve@mitre.org http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:047
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/29/2
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71804
cve@mitre.org https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/elfutils.git/commit/?id=147018e729e7c22eeabf15b82d26e4bf68a0d18e Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2014-December/004499.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0033.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148321.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148326.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/61934
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/62560
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/62661
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:047
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/29/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71804
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/elfutils.git/commit/?id=147018e729e7c22eeabf15b82d26e4bf68a0d18e Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2014-December/004499.html
Impacted products
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