| Name | CVE-2014-8737 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-184-1, DSA-3123-1, DSA-3123-2 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| binutils (PTS) | bullseye | 2.35.2-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.40-2 | fixed | |
| trixie | 2.44-3 | fixed | |
| forky, sid | 2.45-8 | fixed | |
| binutils-mingw-w64 (PTS) | bullseye | 8.11 | fixed |
| bookworm | 10.4 | fixed | |
| trixie | 12 | fixed | |
| forky, sid | 12.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| binutils | source | squeeze | 2.20.1-16+deb6u1 | DLA-184-1 | ||
| binutils | source | wheezy | 2.22-8+deb7u2 | DSA-3123-1 | ||
| binutils | source | (unstable) | 2.24.90.20141124-1 | |||
| binutils-mingw-w64 | source | wheezy | 2+deb7u1 | DSA-3123-2 | ||
| binutils-mingw-w64 | source | (unstable) | 5.2 |
Upstream tracker: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17552
Upstream patch: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=dd9b91de2149ee81d47f708e7b0bbf57da10ad42