Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0117
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31383
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21959
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23880
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0118
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23906
- http://arctic.org/~dean/patches/GeoIP-1.4.0-update-vulnerability.patch
- http://osvdb.org/31618
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-412-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:004
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0117
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31383
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21959
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23880
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0118
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23906
- http://arctic.org/~dean/patches/GeoIP-1.4.0-update-vulnerability.patch
- http://osvdb.org/31618
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-412-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:004