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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Published : 2007-01-10 00:28
Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30
NVD link : CVE-2007-0159
Mitre link : CVE-2007-0159
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2007-0159
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Products Affected
geoip
- geoip
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