Path traversal in elfutils - CVE-2014-9447
Published: January 2, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40974
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9447
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in the read_long_names function in libelf/elf_begin.c in elfutils 0.152 and 0.161. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote attackers to write to arbitrary files to the root directory via a / (slash) in a crafted archive, as demonstrated using the ar program.
Affected software
elfutils
Fedora
elfutils
Fedora
elfutils
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9447
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
elfutils - update to 0.161-2.fc21
External References
- 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