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External Control of File Name or Path Affecting elfutils-libelf package, versions <0:0.163-3.el7

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.95% (83rd percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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Red Hat
4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-ELFUTILSLIBELF-2031773
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 27 Dec 2014
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Introduced: 27 Dec 2014

CVE-2014-9447 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-73 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 elfutils-libelf to version 0:0.163-3.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream elfutils-libelf package and not the elfutils-libelf package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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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