CVE-2007-0159
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-01-10 00:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 12:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-01-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e2e4fb3c0805f9f3a40acc5713fe099095d6ed91deac330f164f9748222397e4
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-0117http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0117
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgeoip-geoipupdate-directory-traversal(31383)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31383
- www.securityfocus.com21959http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21959
- secunia.com23880http://secunia.com/advisories/23880
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-0118http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0118
- secunia.com23906http://secunia.com/advisories/23906
- arctic.orghttp://arctic.org/~dean/patches/GeoIP-1.4.0-update-vulnerability.patch
- osvdb.org31618http://osvdb.org/31618
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-412-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-412-1
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:004http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:004
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- geoip Fixed in 1.3.17-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- geoip Fixed in 1.3.17-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- geoip Fixed in 1.3.17-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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