Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in main.c of slocate 2.6, and possibly other versions, may allow local users to gain privileges via a modified slocate database that causes a negative "pathlen" value to be used.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-040.html ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-041.html ↗
- http://www.ebitech.sk/patrik/SA/SA-20031006-A.txt ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10720 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10686 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10722 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:004 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10702 ↗
- http://www.ebitech.sk/patrik/SA/SA-20031006.txt ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-428 ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106589631819348&w=2 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10683 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/9962/ ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2004-January/msg00009.html ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11033 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10670 ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106546447321274&w=2 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10698 ↗
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/misc/2004/TSL-2004-0005-slocate.asc.txt ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A821 ↗