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Status published
Medium
CVE-2003-0848
Heap-based buffer overflow in main.c of slocate 2.6, and possibly...
Vulnerability 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.
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.
References
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Workstation/CSSA-2004-001.0/CSSA-2004-001.0.txt
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-040.html
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc
- 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
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
slocate
Vulnerable Versions:
2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 9th, 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.