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CVE-2007-2027

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add_filename_to_string function in intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c for Elinks 0.11.1 allows local users

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Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Public exploit on Exploit-DB

    EDB-29954

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 14

secunia.com

trustix.org

ubuntu.com

vupen.com

osvdb.org

bugzilla.redhat.com

oval.cisecurity.org

securityfocus.com

bugs.debian.org

security.gentoo.org

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