Directory Traversal Vulnerability in libelf/elf_begin.c in elfutils 0.152 and 0.161

CVE-2014-9447 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Directory traversal vulnerability in the read_long_names function in libelf/elf_begin.c in elfutils 0.152 and 0.161 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files to the root directory via a / (slash) in a crafted archive, as demonstrated using the ar program.

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