CVE-2014-9447

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9447
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-02 20:59:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionDirectory 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Elfutils Project Elfutils 0.152 All All All
Application Elfutils Project Elfutils 0.161 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0033 - Updated elfutils packages fix CVE-2014-9447 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
Security Advisory SA61934 - elfutils "read_long_names()" Directory Traversal Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
elfutils.git - Unnamed repository; edit this file to name it for gitweb. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.fedorahosted.org Vendor Advisory
elfutils '/libelf/elf_begin.c' Directory Traversal Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA62661 - SUSE update for elfutils - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: elfutils-0.161-2.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Directory traversal in `ar` af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedorahosted.org
Security Advisory SA62560 - Ubuntu update for elfutils - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - CVE request: dir traversal in elfutils af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:047 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: elfutils-0.161-2.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
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