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CVE-2007-0159

Publication date 10 January 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Unknown

Why this priority?

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
geoip 7.04 feisty
Fixed 1.3.17-1.1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 1.3.17-1ubuntu0.1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.3.14-2ubuntu0.1

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-412-1
    • GeoIP vulnerability
    • 24 January 2007

Other references