Vulnerability in Geoip
CVE-2007-0159
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.021 (80.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Geoip — versions 1.4.0
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0117 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31383 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21959 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/23880 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0118 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/23906 (third-party-advisory)
- arctic.org/~dean/patches/GeoIP-1.4.0-update-vulnerability.patch (Patch)
- osvdb.org/31618 (vdb-entry)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-412-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)