CVE-2007-2027

CVE Details

Release Date:

2007-04-13

Description

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.

See more information about CVE-2007-2027 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.4	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (elinks)	ELSA-2009-1471	2009-10-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (elinks)	ELSA-2009-1471	2009-10-01

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