CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-8737

3.6 LOW Published 2014-12-09 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-12-09
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.6 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-22

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.

Affected configurations

• canonical ubuntu linux 10.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.10 • gnu binutils (<= 2.24) • fedoraproject fedora 19 • fedoraproject fedora 20 • fedoraproject fedora 21

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References