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CVE-2007-2027

Publication date 13 April 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
elinks 7.04 feisty
Fixed 0.11.1-1.2ubuntu2.1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 0.11.1-1ubuntu2.1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 0.10.6-1ubuntu3.1

References

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