CVE-2001-1036 (GCVE-0-2001-1036)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-04-02 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:44
VLAI?
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.
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References
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3127 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200991 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.osvdb.org/5477 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
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