Directory Traversal Affecting binutils package, versions [,2.25)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BINUTILS-2368411
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 Dec 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Dec 2014

CVE-2014-8737  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade binutils to version 2.25 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Directory Traversal. 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.

CVSS Scores

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