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GeoIP C API "GeoIP_update_database_general()" Directory Traversal
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23880
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Release Date:
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2007-01-24
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Popularity:
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4,069 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Manipulation of data
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | GeoIP C API 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-0159
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Description:
Dean Gaudet has reported a vulnerability in GeoIP, which can be exploited by malicious people to overwrite arbitary files on a user's system.
The "GeoIP_update_database_general()" function does not correctly sanitise the filename returned from the update server. This can be exploited by e.g. a malicious update server via directory traversal attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the update.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.4.1.
Solution:
Update to version 1.4.1.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Dean Gaudet
Original Advisory:
http://arctic.org/~dean/patches/GeoIP-1.4.0-update-vulnerability.patch
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