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CVE-2007-0159

Date: January 9, 2007

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (12)

http://arctic.org/~dean/patches/GeoIP-1.4.0-update-vulnerability.patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0117
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:004
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0118
http://osvdb.org/31618
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31383
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0159
http://secunia.com/advisories/23880
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21959
http://secunia.com/advisories/23906
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-412-1
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2007-0159

Severity Score

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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