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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2007-01-10T00:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T12:12:16.449Z
Reserved: 2007-01-09T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2007-0159
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2007-01-10T00:28:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2007-0159
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