Security update for elfutils
SUSE Security Update: Security update for elfutils
elfutils has been updated to fix one security issue:
* CVE-2014-9447: Directory traversal vulnerability in the
read_long_names function in libelf/elf_begin.c in elfutils 0.152 and
0.161 allowed remote attackers to write to arbitrary files to the
root directory via a / (slash) in a crafted archive, as demonstrated
using the ar program (bnc#911662).
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-9447
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2015:0434-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #911662 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
elfutils has been updated to fix one security issue:
* CVE-2014-9447: Directory traversal vulnerability in the
read_long_names function in libelf/elf_begin.c in elfutils 0.152 and
0.161 allowed remote attackers to write to arbitrary files to the
root directory via a / (slash) in a crafted archive, as demonstrated
using the ar program (bnc#911662).
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-9447
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sdksp3-elfutils=10328 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-elfutils=10328 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-elfutils=10328 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-elfutils=10328
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- libasm-devel-0.152-4.9.17
- libdw-devel-0.152-4.9.17
- libebl-devel-0.152-4.9.17
- libelf-devel-0.152-4.9.17
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (x86_64):
- libelf1-32bit-0.152-4.9.17
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- elfutils-0.152-4.9.17
- libasm1-0.152-4.9.17
- libdw1-0.152-4.9.17
- libebl1-0.152-4.9.17
- libelf1-0.152-4.9.17
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):
- libasm1-32bit-0.152-4.9.17
- libdw1-32bit-0.152-4.9.17
- libebl1-32bit-0.152-4.9.17
- libelf1-32bit-0.152-4.9.17
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- elfutils-0.152-4.9.17
- libasm1-0.152-4.9.17
- libdw1-0.152-4.9.17
- libebl1-0.152-4.9.17
- libelf1-0.152-4.9.17
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- libasm1-32bit-0.152-4.9.17
- libdw1-32bit-0.152-4.9.17
- libebl1-32bit-0.152-4.9.17
- libelf1-32bit-0.152-4.9.17
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):
- libdw1-x86-0.152-4.9.17
- libebl1-x86-0.152-4.9.17
- libelf1-x86-0.152-4.9.17
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- elfutils-0.152-4.9.17
- libasm1-0.152-4.9.17
- libdw1-0.152-4.9.17
- libebl1-0.152-4.9.17
- libelf1-0.152-4.9.17
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):
- libdw1-32bit-0.152-4.9.17
- libebl1-32bit-0.152-4.9.17
- libelf1-32bit-0.152-4.9.17
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9447.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/911662
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=5917735137bccf43b36b187166bb4d3b