GeoIP GeoIP_update_database_general() directory traversal
| geoip-geoipupdate-directory-traversal (31383) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
GeoIP could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system caused by an input validation error in the GeoIP_update_database_general() function in [GeoIPUpdate.c]. An attacker could send a specially-crafted HTTP request to the app/update_getfilename script containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) in the database filename to view arbitrary files on the system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Obtain Information
Remedy:
Apply the patch for this vulnerability (GeoIP-1.4.0-update-vulnerability.patch), available from the Artic.org Web site. See References.
For Ubuntu Linux:
Refer to USN-412-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- Artic.org Web site: Index of /~dean/patches.
- BID-21959: GeoIP GeoIPUpdate.C Directory Traversal Vulnerability
- 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 overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the database filename, which is returned by a request to app/update_getfilename.
- MDKSA-2007:004: Updated geoip packages fix geoipupdate vulnerability
- SA23880: GeoIP C API "GeoIP_update_database_general()" Directory Traversal
- USN-412-1: GeoIP vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-0117: GeoIP GeoIP_update_database_general() Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical Ubuntu 5.10
- Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical Ubuntu 6.10
- Dean Gaudet GeoIP 1.4.0 and prior
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
Reported:
Jan 10, 2007
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