cve-2001-1036
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2003-04-02 05:00
Modified
2024-08-08 04:44
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/5477
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200991
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3127Exploit, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6932
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/5477
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200991
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3127Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6932
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