CVE-2007-2027

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 (26)

• cve@mitrehttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789
• cve@mitrehttp://osvdb.org/35668
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/25169
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/25198
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/25255
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/25550
• cve@mitrehttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-03.xml
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23844
• cve@mitrehttp://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
• cve@mitrehttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-457-1
• cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1686
• cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411
• cve@mitrehttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/35668