CVE-2001-1036 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2001-1036

GNU locate in findutils 4.1 on Slackware 7.1 and 8.0...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

findutils, slackware linux
Vulnerable Versions:
4.0, 4.1, 7.1, 8.0

Timeline

Official Publish: April 2nd, 2003
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.