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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| Hyperlink | Resource |
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| 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 |