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CVE-2007-2027

Summary
Assigner-mitre
Assigner Org ID-8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca
Published At-13 Apr, 2007 | 18:00
Updated At-07 Aug, 2024 | 13:23
Rejected At-
Credits

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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Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)
▼Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
cve.org
Assigner:mitre
Assigner Org ID:8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca
Published At:13 Apr, 2007 | 18:00
Updated At:07 Aug, 2024 | 13:23
Rejected At:
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

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.

Affected Products
Vendor
n/a
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n/a
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  • n/a
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
textN/An/a
Type: text
CWE ID: N/A
Description: n/a
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Metrics Other Info
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CAPEC IDDescription
Solutions
Configurations
Workarounds
Exploits
Credits
Timeline
EventDate
Replaced By
Rejected Reason
References
HyperlinkResource
http://secunia.com/advisories/25550
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_TRUSTIX
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-457-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/25198
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1686
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
http://osvdb.org/35668
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23844
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/25169
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/25255
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-03.xml
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/25550
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
Hyperlink: http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
Resource:
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_TRUSTIX
Hyperlink: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-457-1
Resource:
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/25198
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1686
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
Hyperlink: http://osvdb.org/35668
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
Hyperlink: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411
Resource:
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Hyperlink: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741
Resource:
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23844
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/25169
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
Hyperlink: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789
Resource:
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/25255
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
Hyperlink: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-03.xml
Resource:
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)
CVE Program Container
Affected Products
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Configurations
Workarounds
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Credits
Timeline
EventDate
Replaced By
Rejected Reason
References
HyperlinkResource
http://secunia.com/advisories/25550
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_TRUSTIX
x_transferred
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-457-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/25198
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1686
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
x_transferred
http://osvdb.org/35668
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
x_transferred
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411
x_refsource_CONFIRM
x_transferred
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23844
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/25169
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789
x_refsource_CONFIRM
x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/25255
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-03.xml
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/25550
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
Resource:
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_TRUSTIX
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-457-1
Resource:
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/25198
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1686
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://osvdb.org/35668
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
x_transferred
Hyperlink: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411
Resource:
x_refsource_CONFIRM
x_transferred
Hyperlink: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741
Resource:
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23844
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/25169
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789
Resource:
x_refsource_CONFIRM
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/25255
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-03.xml
Resource:
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
x_transferred
Information is not available yet
▼National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
nvd.nist.gov
Source:cve@mitre.org
Published At:13 Apr, 2007 | 18:19
Updated At:11 Oct, 2017 | 01:32

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.

CISA Catalog
Date AddedDue DateVulnerability NameRequired Action
N/A
Date Added: N/A
Due Date: N/A
Vulnerability Name: N/A
Required Action: N/A
Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Primary2.04.4MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Type: Primary
Version: 2.0
Base score: 4.4
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CPE Matches
elinks
elinks
>>elinks>>0.11.1
cpe:2.3:a:elinks:elinks:0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
CWE-134Primarynvd@nist.gov
CWE ID: CWE-134
Type: Primary
Source: nvd@nist.gov
Evaluator Description
Evaluator Impact

An untrusted message catalog might lead to a format-string attack when an attacker tricks user into launching links from a particular directory.

Evaluator Solution

Vendor Statements
Organization : Red Hat
Last Modified : 2009-10-02T00:00:00

This issue affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. Update packages were released to correct it via: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1471.html

References
HyperlinkSourceResource
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://osvdb.org/35668cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/25169cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25198cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25255cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25550cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-03.xmlcve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23844cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-457-1cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1686cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411cve@mitre.org
Exploit
Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741cve@mitre.org
N/A
Hyperlink: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://osvdb.org/35668
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/25169
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource:
Vendor Advisory
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/25198
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource:
Vendor Advisory
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/25255
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource:
Vendor Advisory
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/25550
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource:
Vendor Advisory
Hyperlink: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-03.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23844
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-457-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1686
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource:
Vendor Advisory
Hyperlink: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource:
Exploit
Vendor Advisory
Hyperlink: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A

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