CVE-2007-2027
Published Apr 13, 2007
Last updated 7 years ago
Overview
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.4
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 3.4
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-134
Evaluator
- Comment
- -
- Impact
- An untrusted message catalog might lead to a format-string attack when an attacker tricks user into launching links from a particular directory.
- Solution
- An untrusted message catalog might lead to a format-string attack when an attacker tricks user into launching links from a particular directory.
Vendor comments
- Red HatThis 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
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:elinks:elinks:0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "4A59D584-A2D1-421B-BA8B-7EC4EC459B3F"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]