CVE-2003-0056

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0056
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-02-19 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in secure locate (slocate) before 2.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) -c or (2) -r command line argument.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Slocate Slocate 2.5 All All All
Application Slocate Slocate 2.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo updates to slocate af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Help Net Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.net-security.org
Secunia - Advisories - slocate buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-252-1 slocate af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Conectiva update for slocate af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
'Re: [USG- SA- 2003.001] USG Security Advisory (slocate)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
'GLSA: slocate' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
www.usg.org.uk/advisories/2003.001.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.usg.org.uk Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - OpenLinux updates for slocate af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
ftp.sco.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-009.0.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for slocate af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian updates for slocate af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandrake updates to slocate af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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