Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 10, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-0159
CVE-2007-0159
Description
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.
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References
10- arctic.org/~dean/patches/GeoIP-1.4.0-update-vulnerability.patchnvdPatch
- osvdb.org/31618nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23880nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23906nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21959nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-412-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0117nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0118nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31383nvd
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