534000 – (CVE-2014-9486) <dev-libs/elfutils-0.161: directory traversal

Bug 534000 (CVE-2014-9486) - <dev-libs/elfutils-0.161: directory traversal

Summary: <dev-libs/elfutils-0.161: directory traversal

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	CVE-2014-9486

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal minor (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-sec...
Whiteboard:	A4 [noglsa]
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Reported:	2014-12-30 09:54 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified:	2016-07-19 02:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2014-12-30 09:54:46 UTC

From ${URL} :

A dir traversal vuln is fixed in elfutils:

Initial (terse) report:
https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2014-December/004499.html

Fix (with analysis in commit message):
https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/elfutils.git/commit/?id=147018e729e7c22eeabf15b82d26e4bf68a0d18e

At least versions 0.152 and 0.161 are affected.



@maintainer(s): after the bump, in case we need to stabilize the package, please let us know if it is ready for the stabilization or not.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2014-12-31 08:26:00 UTC

Commit message: Version bump and libelf directory traversal fix from upstream
http://sources.gentoo.org/dev-libs/elfutils/elfutils-0.161.ebuild?rev=1.1
http://sources.gentoo.org/dev-libs/elfutils/files/elfutils-0.161-libelf-dir-traversal.patch?rev=1.1

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2015-08-21 21:46:54 UTC

0.163 should be fine to stabilize

Comment 3 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2016-07-19 02:42:14 UTC

GLSA Vote: No