VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-8737
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allow local users to delete arbitrary files via a ..
LOW 3.6EPSS 1.04%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.04%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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 2.0
- 3.6 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.04% probability · 62th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux · gnu/binutils · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145256.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145352.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145746.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62241
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62746
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70908Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162655Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17552Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=dd9b91de2149ee81d47f708e7b0bbf57da10ad42
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145256.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145352.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145746.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62241
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62746
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.