CVE-2007-0159 - Directory traversal vulnerability in the GeoIP_update_database_general function in libGeoIP/GeoIPUpd

CVE-2007-0159

Summary

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.

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:geoip:geoip:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:geoip:geoip:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	6.4 (as of 29-07-2017 - 01:30)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	PARTIAL	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

refmap via4

bid	21959
mandriva	MDKSA-2007:004
misc	http://arctic.org/~dean/patches/GeoIP-1.4.0-update-vulnerability.patch
osvdb	31618
secunia	23880 23906
ubuntu	USN-412-1
vupen	ADV-2007-0117 ADV-2007-0118
xf	geoip-geoipupdate-directory-traversal(31383)

Last major update

29-07-2017 - 01:30

Published

10-01-2007 - 00:28

Last modified

29-07-2017 - 01:30