CVE-2003-0848

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0848
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-11-17 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in main.c of slocate 2.6, and possibly other versions, may allow local users to gain privileges via a modified slocate database that causes a negative "pathlen" value to be used.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Slocate Slocate 2.1 All All All
Application Slocate Slocate 2.2 All All All
Application Slocate Slocate 2.3 All All All
Application Slocate Slocate 2.4 All All All
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 - slocate User Database Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
www.trustix.org/errata/misc/2004/TSL-2004-0005-slocate.asc.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org
Red Hat -- Linux, Embedded Linux and Open Source Solutions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for slocate af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
'SA-20031006 slocate vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for slocate af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandrake update for slocate af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
www.ebitech.sk/patrik/SA/SA-20031006-A.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ebitech.sk
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for slocate af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
'SA-20031006 slocate buffer overflow - exploitation proof' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Secunia - Advisories - Trustix update for slocate af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-428-1 slocate af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Workstation/CSSA-2004-001.0/CSSA-... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com
www.ebitech.sk/patrik/SA/SA-20031006.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ebitech.sk
Secunia - Advisories - Sun Cobalt update for slocate af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for slocate af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
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