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CVE-2007-0159
Published: Jan 10, 2007
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the GeoIP_update_database_general function in libGeoIP/GeoIPUpdate.c in GeoIP 1.4.0 allows remote malicious update servers (possibly only update.maxmind.com) to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the database filename, which is returned by a request to app/update_getfilename.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
ADV-2007-0117
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
geoip-geoipupdate-directory-traversal(31383)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
21959
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
23880
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
ADV-2007-0118
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
23906
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
31618
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
USN-412-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
MDKSA-2007:004
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
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