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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2014-9447

CVE-2014-9447

Published:January 02, 2015

Updated:May 17, 2026

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.

Related Resources (14)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148326.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/61934

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9447

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:047

https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2014-December/004499.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148321.html

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-9447

http://secunia.com/advisories/62560

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/29/2

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71804

http://secunia.com/advisories/62661