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.
References
Configurations
History
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References | () http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789 - | |
References | () http://osvdb.org/35668 - | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/25169 - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/25198 - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/25255 - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/25550 - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-03.xml - | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23844 - | |
References | () http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/ - | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-457-1 - | |
References | () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1686 - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411 - Exploit, Vendor Advisory | |
References | () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741 - |
Information
Published : 2007-04-13 18:19
Updated : 2024-11-21 00:29
NVD link : CVE-2007-2027
Mitre link : CVE-2007-2027
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2007-2027
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Products Affected
elinks
- elinks
CWE
CWE-134
Use of Externally-Controlled Format String