35668 : ELinks add_filename_to_string() Path Subversion Format String Local Privilege Escalation
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Apr 05, 2007

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 (Description Provided by CVE) : 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.

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Unknown or Incomplete

Solution

 Upgrade to version 0.11.4rc0 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

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