3.6 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
binutils is vulnerable to directory traversal. Local users are able to delete arbitrary files via a ../
in the file name or an absolute path name in a malicious archive to strip or perform an objcopy or create arbitrary files.
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lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145352.html
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secunia.com/advisories/62746
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bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162655
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security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17552
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