CVE-2014-8737

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    CVE-2014-8737

    Published: 9 Dec 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145256.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145352.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145746.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/62241, http://secunia.com/advisories/62746, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/1, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70908, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/1, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17552, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162655, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17552, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html, https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=dd9b91de2149ee81d47f708e7b0bbf57da10ad42

    Affected packages

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    High
    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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