National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-2027
Original release date:04/13/2007
Last revised:11/23/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
3.4
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
An untrusted message catalog might lead to a format-string attack when an
attacker tricks user into launching links from a particular directory.
- Official Statement from Red Hat (04/19/2007)
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Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.
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External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-1686
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411
Type: Advisory
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-457-1
External Source: BID
Name: 23844
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200706-03
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25550
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25255
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25198
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25169
Type: Advisory
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 35668
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789