cvelist/2007/0xxx/CVE-2007-0159.json

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        "ID": "CVE-2007-0159",
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                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "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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        "reference_data": [
            {
                "name": "ADV-2007-0117",
                "refsource": "VUPEN",
                "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0117"
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            {
                "name": "geoip-geoipupdate-directory-traversal(31383)",
                "refsource": "XF",
                "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31383"
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            {
                "name": "21959",
                "refsource": "BID",
                "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21959"
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            {
                "name": "23880",
                "refsource": "SECUNIA",
                "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/23880"
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            {
                "name": "ADV-2007-0118",
                "refsource": "VUPEN",
                "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0118"
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            {
                "name": "23906",
                "refsource": "SECUNIA",
                "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/23906"
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            {
                "name": "http://arctic.org/~dean/patches/GeoIP-1.4.0-update-vulnerability.patch",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "http://arctic.org/~dean/patches/GeoIP-1.4.0-update-vulnerability.patch"
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            {
                "name": "31618",
                "refsource": "OSVDB",
                "url": "http://osvdb.org/31618"
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            {
                "name": "USN-412-1",
                "refsource": "UBUNTU",
                "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-412-1"
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            {
                "name": "MDKSA-2007:004",
                "refsource": "MANDRIVA",
                "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:004"
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