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slocate buffer overflow
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA7947
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Release Date:
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2003-01-27
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Last Update:
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2003-02-06
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Popularity:
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7,598 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Red Hat Linux 7.2
Red Hat Linux 7.3
Red Hat Linux 8.0
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| Software: | slocate 2.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
slocate contains a buffer overflow, by supplying 1024 characters long arguments to the -c and -r command line parameters it is possible to cause an exploitable buffer overflow. slocate is installed setgid, this allows users to gain privileges as the slocate group, this could allow users to read the slocate database which contains information about all files on the system.
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