SB2015011307 - Fedora 21 update for elfutils
Published: January 13, 2015 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015011307
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9447)
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.