CVE-2014-9447
published 2015-01-02CVE-2014-9447: 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…
PriorityP342medium6.4CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNIPAP
EPSS
5.02%
91.3th percentile
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.
Affected
7 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | elfutils | < elfutils 0.159-4.1 (bookworm) | elfutils 0.159-4.1 (bookworm) |
| elfutils_project | elfutils | — | — |
| elfutils_project | elfutils | — | — |
| elfutils_project | elfutils | >= 0 < 0.159-4.1 | 0.159-4.1 |
| elfutils_project | elfutils | >= 0 < 0.159-4.1 | 0.159-4.1 |
| elfutils_project | elfutils | >= 0 < 0.159-4.1 | 0.159-4.1 |
| elfutils_project | elfutils | >= 0 < 0.159-4.1 | 0.159-4.1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.06.4MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
osv6.4MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.4MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.4MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
elfutils vulnerability
vendor_ubuntu·2015-01-23
CVE-2014-9447 elfutils vulnerability
Title: elfutils vulnerability
Summary: elfutils could be made to overwrite files in the root directory if it received
a specially crafted file.
Alexander Cherepanov discovered that libelf1 incorrectly handled certain
filesystem paths while extracting ar archives. An attacker could use this flaw
to perform a directory traversal attack on the root directory if the process
extracting the ar archive has write access to the root directory.
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to restart applications using libelf1
to make all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
elfutils: directory traversal in read_long_names()
vendor_redhat·2014-12-27·CVSS 6.4
CVE-2014-9447 [MEDIUM] CWE-73 elfutils: directory traversal in read_long_names()
elfutils: directory traversal in read_long_names()
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.
Package: elfutils (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2014-9447: elfutils - Directory traversal vulnerability in the read_long_names function in libelf/elf_...
vendor_debian·2014·CVSS 6.4
CVE-2014-9447 [MEDIUM] CVE-2014-9447: elfutils - Directory traversal vulnerability in the read_long_names function in libelf/elf_...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 0.159-4.1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 0.159-4.1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 0.159-4.1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 0.159-4.1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 0.159-4.1)
GHSA
GHSA-68vx-rhrw-hrp5: Directory traversal vulnerability in the read_long_names function in libelf/elf_begin
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2014-9447 [MEDIUM] CWE-22 GHSA-68vx-rhrw-hrp5: Directory traversal vulnerability in the read_long_names function in libelf/elf_begin
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.
OSV
CVE-2014-9447: Directory traversal vulnerability in the read_long_names function in libelf/elf_begin
osv·2015-01-02·CVSS 6.4
CVE-2014-9447 [MEDIUM] CVE-2014-9447: Directory traversal vulnerability in the read_long_names function in libelf/elf_begin
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-9447 elfutils: directory traversal in read_long_names() [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2015-01-13·CVSS 6.4
CVE-2014-9447 [MEDIUM] CVE-2014-9447 elfutils: directory traversal in read_long_names() [fedora-all]
CVE-2014-9447 elfutils: directory traversal in read_long_names() [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-9447 elfutils: directory traversal in read_long_names()
bugzilla·2015-01-05·CVSS 6.4
CVE-2014-9447 [MEDIUM] CVE-2014-9447 elfutils: directory traversal in read_long_names()
CVE-2014-9447 elfutils: directory traversal in read_long_names()
Directory traversal vulnerability was reported in elfutils [1] 'ar' utility.
Upstream commit with the analysis:
https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/elfutils.git/commit/?id=147018e729e7c22eeabf15b82d26e4bf68a0d18e
[1]: https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2014-December/004499.html
Discussion:
Created elfutils tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1181525]
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elfutils-0.161-2.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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elfutils-0.161-2.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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Fixed in RHEL6 via RHEA-2015:1302
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2015-01-02
Published