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CVE-2014-8737

Date: December 9, 2014

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.1

Related Resources (24)

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/62746

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/62241

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8737

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8737

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8737

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

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

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

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

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-8737

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

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

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

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-8737

Severity Score

5.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CWE-22

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.1
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	3.6
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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Date: December 9, 2014

Language: C

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