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CVE-2014-8737

Published: 9 December 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.

Notes

AuthorNote
sbeattie
second commit fixes up leaving behind temporary files even on error

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
binutils
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid
Released (2.20.1-3ubuntu7.2)
precise
Released (2.22-6ubuntu1.2)
trusty
Released (2.24-5ubuntu3.1)
upstream Needs triage

utopic
Released (2.24.90.20141014-0ubuntu3.1)
Patches:
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=dd9b91de2149ee81d47f708e7b0bbf57da10ad42
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5e186ece2feebb46e63ff6bb2d2490aad0d5a724