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CVE-2001-1036
Published: Apr 2, 2003
Modified: Aug 8, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
GNU locate in findutils 4.1 on Slackware 7.1 and 8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via an old formatted filename database (locatedb) that contains an entry with an out-of-range offset, which causes locate to write to arbitrary process memory.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
locate-command-execution(6932)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
3127
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
20010801 Slackware 8.0, 7.1 Vulnerability: /usr/bin/locate
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
5477
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
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