DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0159

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0159

    Published: 10 Jan 2007Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2007-0159

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-0159

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: geoip

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/geoip?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3.17-1.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High