CVE-2014-9447

Name	CVE-2014-9447
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	775536

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
elfutils (PTS)	buster	0.176-1.1	fixed
	bullseye	0.183-1	fixed
	bookworm, sid	0.188-2.1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
elfutils	source	(unstable)	0.159-4.1			775536

Notes

[wheezy] - elfutils <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - elfutils <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/elfutils.git/commit/?id=147018e729e7c22eeabf15b82d26e4bf68a0d18e