Security Advisory

CVE-2014-9447

6.4

Vulnerability Description

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.
Published Date January 2, 2015
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory