rhsa-2004:040
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2004-01-22 16:38
Modified
2025-11-21 17:26
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated slocate packages fix vulnerability
Notes
Topic
Updated slocate packages are now available that fix a heap overflow
vulnerability.
Details
Slocate is a security-enhanced version of locate, designed to find files on
a system via a central database.
Patrik Hornik discovered a vulnerability in Slocate versions up to and
including 2.7 where a carefully crafted database could overflow a
heap-based buffer. A local user could exploit this vulnerability to gain
"slocate" group privileges and then read the entire slocate database. The
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned
the name CAN-2003-0848 to this issue.
Users of Slocate should upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain a
patch from Kevin Lindsay that causes slocate to drop privileges before
reading a user-supplied database.
Terms of Use
This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.
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