CVE-2014-8737
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 1%
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.
Products: canonical ubuntu_linux, gnu binutils, fedoraproject fedora
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | binutils | 2.24.90.20141124-1 |
| Debian 12 | binutils-mingw-w64 | 5.2 |
| Debian 13 | binutils | 2.24.90.20141124-1 |
| Debian 13 | binutils-mingw-w64 | 5.2 |
| Debian 14 | binutils | 2.24.90.20141124-1 |
| Debian 14 | binutils-mingw-w64 | 5.2 |
| Debian 6.0 | binutils | 2.20.1-16+deb6u1 |
| Debian 7 | binutils | 2.22-8+deb7u2 |
| Debian 7 | binutils-mingw-w64 | 2+deb7u1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | binutils | 0:2.23.52.0.1-55.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | binutils-debuginfo | 0:2.23.52.0.1-55.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | binutils-devel | 0:2.23.52.0.1-55.el7 |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | binutils | 2.24-5ubuntu3.1 |