CVE-2005-2499 (GCVE-0-2005-2499)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2005-08-22 04:00
Modified
2024-08-07 22:30
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
slocate before 2.7 does not properly process very long paths, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (updatedb exit and incomplete slocate database) via a certain crafted directory structure.
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