CVE-2007-0159

Name	CVE-2007-0159
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	406628

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
geoip (PTS)	bullseye	1.6.12-7	fixed
	bookworm	1.6.12-10	fixed
	sid, trixie	1.6.12-11.1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
geoip	source	(unstable)	1.3.17-1.1	low		406628

[sarge] - geoip <no-dsa> (Minor issue)