CVE-2014-8737

GNU binutils <2.24 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm

Description

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 (19)

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145256.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145352.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145746.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/62241

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/62746

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

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/1

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70908

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162655

[Exploit, Issue Tracking] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533

[Exploit, Issue Tracking] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17552

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

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24

Scores

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 19.3%

Classification

CWE

CWE-22

Status draft

Affected Products (8)

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

gnu/binutils < 2.24

fedoraproject/fedora

fedoraproject/fedora

fedoraproject/fedora

Timeline

Published Dec 09, 2014

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026