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CVE-2007-2027 Detail

Current 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.


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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.

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (10/02/2009)

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

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Hyperlink Resource
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-03.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23844
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-457-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1686 Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411 Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-2027
NVD Published Date:
04/13/2007
NVD Last Modified:
10/10/2017
Source:
MITRE