CVE-2014-9447 — Path Traversal in Project Elfutils

CWE-22 — Path TraversalCWE-73 — External Control of File Name or Path9 documents8 sources
Severity
6.4MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
3.5%
top 12.35%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Elfutils Project Elfutils
Timeline
PublishedJan 2
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 4.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianelfutils_project/elfutils< 0.159-4.1+3
▶NVDelfutils_project/elfutils0.152, 0.161+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-68vx-rhrw-hrp5: Directory traversal vulnerability in the read_long_names function in libelf/elf_begin↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2014-9447: Directory traversal vulnerability in the read_long_names function in libelf/elf_begin↗2015-01-02
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CVEList
CVE-2014-9447: Directory traversal vulnerability in the read_long_names function in libelf/elf_begin↗2015-01-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
elfutils vulnerability↗2015-01-23
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Red Hat
elfutils: directory traversal in read_long_names()↗2014-12-27
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Debian
CVE-2014-9447: elfutils - Directory traversal vulnerability in the read_long_names function in libelf/elf_...↗2014
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-9447 elfutils: directory traversal in read_long_names() [fedora-all]↗2015-01-13
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-9447 elfutils: directory traversal in read_long_names()↗2015-01-05
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