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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2014-8737

CVE-2014-8737

UNKNOWN

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in GNU binutils 2

Published Dec 9, 2014

Modified 1 years ago

Details

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allow local users to delete arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) or full path name in an archive to (1) strip or (2) objcopy or create arbitrary files via (3) a .. (dot dot) or full path name in an archive to ar.

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145256.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145352.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145746.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/62241

http://secunia.com/advisories/62746

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/1

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70908

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162655

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17552

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=dd9b91de2149ee81d47f708e7b0bbf57da10ad42

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8737

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v2.0

3.6

Exploitability

Access Vector

LocalAV:L

Access Complexity

LowAC:L

Authentication

NoneAu:N

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

PartialI:P

Availability

PartialA:P

3.6/AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedDec 9, 2014

ModifiedAug 6, 2024

CVE-2014-8737 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence