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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-047

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-047
Posted Feb 12, 2015
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-047 - Directory traversal vulnerability in the read_long_names function in libelf/elf_begin.c in elfutils allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files to the root directory via a / in a crafted archive, as demonstrated using the ar program.

tags | advisory, remote, arbitrary, root
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2014-9447
SHA-256 | 72bdd7da941cefc3fb4d3fcab073210f54c6225dc876df7b77489666a6946e4f

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-047

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2015:047
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : elfutils
Date : February 12, 2015
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem Description:

Updated elfutils packages fix security vulnerability:

Directory traversal vulnerability in the read_long_names function in
libelf/elf_begin.c in elfutils 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 (CVE-2014-9447).
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9447
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0033.html
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
a649aaa512abb4a77f9acb8686c9c400 mbs1/x86_64/elfutils-0.152-2.1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
91782eac7c4199f1297ea9096888af09 mbs1/x86_64/lib64elfutils1-0.152-2.1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
9b21bd90792fc17dcba2ac7687ba60be mbs1/x86_64/lib64elfutils-devel-0.152-2.1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
118fb171f9b070c3a17060c90539f971 mbs1/x86_64/lib64elfutils-static-devel-0.152-2.1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
55b160d61795e4a58694b1e82d706156 mbs1/SRPMS/elfutils-0.152-2.1.mbs1.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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