CVE-2014-9447 Information

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.

Reference

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0033.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148321.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148326.html http://secunia.com/advisories/61934 http://secunia.com/advisories/62560 http://secunia.com/advisories/62661 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:047 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/29/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71804 https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/elfutils.git/commit/?id=147018e729e7c22eeabf15b82d26e4bf68a0d18e https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2014-December/004499.html