CVE-2007-0227
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-01-13 02:00
Modified
2024-08-07 12:12
Severity ?
Summary
slocate 3.1 does not properly manage database entries that specify names of files in protected directories, which allows local users to obtain the names of private files. NOTE: another researcher reports that the issue is not present in slocate 2.7.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/33465
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456489/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456530/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456593/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456739/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464220/30/7320/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21989
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-425-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/33465
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456489/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456530/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456593/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456739/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464220/30/7320/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21989
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-425-1
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