CVE-2007-2027

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

4.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.33%
Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/25550 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/ vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-457-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25198 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1686 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/35668 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411 vendor advisory exploit
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741 signature vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23844 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/25169 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789
http://secunia.com/advisories/25255 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-03.xml vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-2027?
CVE-2007-2027 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-2027?
To fix CVE-2007-2027, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-2027 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-2027 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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