DEBIAN-CVE-2007-2027

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2027
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-2027.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-2027
Upstream
Published
2007-04-13T18:19:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:00:51.997757Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the addfilenameto_string function in intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c for Elinks 0.11.1 allows local users to cause Elinks to use an untrusted gettext message catalog (.po file) in a "../po" directory, which can be leveraged to conduct format string attacks.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / elinks

Package

Name
elinks
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/elinks?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.11.1-1.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / elinks

Package

Name
elinks
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/elinks?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.11.1-1.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / elinks

Package

Name
elinks
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/elinks?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.11.1-1.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / elinks

Package

Name
elinks
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/elinks?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.11.1-1.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}