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Directory Traversal Affecting binutils package, versions <2.24.90.20141124-1

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (10th percentile)
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NVD
5.1 medium
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Red Hat
4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-BINUTILS-516460
  • published 9 Dec 2014
  • disclosed 9 Dec 2014
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Introduced: 9 Dec 2014

CVE-2014-8737 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-22 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 binutils to version 2.24.90.20141124-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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