CVE-2007-0159
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0159
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2007-0159.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2007-0159
- Published
- 2007-01-10T00:28:00Z
- Modified
- 2024-11-21T00:25:07Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Directory traversal vulnerability in the GeoIPupdatedatabasegeneral 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/updategetfilename.
- References
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/23880
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23906
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:004
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-412-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0117
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0118
- http://arctic.org/~dean/patches/GeoIP-1.4.0-update-vulnerability.patch
- http://osvdb.org/31618
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21959
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31383
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-0159
Affected packages
Debian:11 / geoip
Package
- Name
- geoip
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/geoip?arch=source
Debian:12 / geoip
Package
- Name
- geoip
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/geoip?arch=source
Debian:13 / geoip
Package
- Name
- geoip
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/geoip?arch=source