Directory traversal vulnerability in the GeoIP_update_database_general function in libGeoIP/GeoIPUpdate.c in GeoIP 1.4.0 allows remote…

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 overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the database filename, which is returned by a request to app/update_getfilename.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (10)

• ADV-2007-0117 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• geoip-geoipupdate-directory-traversal(31383) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 21959 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 23880 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2007-0118 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 23906 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://arctic.org/~dean/patches/GeoIP-1.4.0-update-vulnerability.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 31618 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• USN-412-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 12:12 UTC.