CVE-2001-1036
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 2, 2003
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 31, 2002
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- locate-command-execution(6932)vdb-entry
- 3127vdb-entry
- 20010801 Slackware 8.0, 7.1 Vulnerability: /usr/bin/locatemailing-list
- 5477vdb-entry
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