DEBIAN-CVE-2007-2027

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2007-2027

    Published: 13 Apr 2007Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2007-2027

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2027

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: elinks

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.11.1-1.4

    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