CVE-2007-2027

Published: 13 April 2007

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.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
elinks Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (0.10.6-1ubuntu3.1)
	edgy	Released (0.11.1-1ubuntu2.1)
	feisty	Released (0.11.1-1.2ubuntu2.1)
	upstream	Needs triage

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-457-1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2027
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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