CVE-2014-8737

high

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/62746

http://secunia.com/advisories/62241

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-12-09

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00086