ghsa-4f5h-wcj8-92w2
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Published
2022-05-01 17:59
Modified
2025-04-09 03:40
Details

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add_filename_to_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.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2007-2027"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-134"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2007-04-13T18:19:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add_filename_to_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.",
  "id": "GHSA-4f5h-wcj8-92w2",
  "modified": "2025-04-09T03:40:13Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T17:59:22Z",
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      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411"
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      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://osvdb.org/35668"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25169"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25198"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25255"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25550"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-03.xml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23844"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
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      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1686"
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}


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