VDB
CVE-2007-0159
CVE-2007-0159
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.400000095367432 MEDIUM
Directory traversal vulnerability in the GeoIP_update_database_general function in libGeoIP/GeoIPUpdate.c in GeoIP 1.4.0 allows remote malicious update servers (possibly only update.maxmind.com) to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the database filename, which is returned by a request to app/update_getfilename.
EPSS 2.11% · 81.6th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
6.400000095367432
EPSS Score
2.11%
81.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| geoip | geoip | 1.4.0 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Jan 10, 2007 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 30, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 13, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 31, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 23, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- geoip-geoipupdate-directory-traversal(31383) vdb
- 21959 vdb
- ADV-2007-0118 vdb
- http://arctic.org/~dean/patches/GeoIP-1.4.0-update-vulnerability.patch url
- 31618 vdb
- ADV-2007-0117 vdb
- 23880 third-party-advisory
- 23906 third-party-advisory
- USN-412-1 vendor-advisory
- MDKSA-2007:004 vendor-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0159 advisory