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CVE-2007-0159

Directory traversal vulnerability in the GeoIP_update_database_general function in libGeoIP/GeoIPUpdate.c in GeoIP 1.4.0 allows remote mali…

Published 19 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.4
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.1%
percentile 82%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.10% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.06.4AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

References

  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2007/0117 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/31383 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/21959 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/23880 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2007/0118 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/23906 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • arctic.org /~dean/patches/GeoIP-1.4.0-update-vulnerability.patch · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /31618 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/usn-412-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • mandriva.com /security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:004 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, x_transferred

Sources

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