Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842051
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2482-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'elfutils' package(s) announced via the USN-2482-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'elfutils' package(s) announced via the USN-2482-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Alexander Cherepanov discovered that libelf1 incorrectly handled certain filesystem paths while extracting ar archives. An attacker could use this flaw to perform a directory traversal attack on the root directory if the process extracting the ar archive has write access to the root directory. Affected Software/OS: 'elfutils' package(s) on Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.10. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.4 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9447 BugTraq ID: 71804 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71804 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148326.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148321.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:047 https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2014-December/004499.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/29/2 http://secunia.com/advisories/61934 http://secunia.com/advisories/62560 http://secunia.com/advisories/62661
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