Bug 114013 - CAN-2003-0848 slocate buffer overflow
Summary: CAN-2003-0848 slocate buffer overflow
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Classification: Red Hat
Component: slocate
Version: 3.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-01-21 13:42 UTC by Mark J. Cox
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:41 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-01-26 18:58:18 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2004:041 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: slocate security update 2004-01-21 05:00:00 UTC

Description Mark J. Cox 2004-01-21 13:42:59 UTC 
A heap-based buffer overflow in slocate can allow local users to gain
"slocate" privileges via a modified slocate database that causes a
negative "pathlen" value.

        CAN-2003-0848 Affects: 2.1AS 2.1AW 2.1ES 2.1WS
        CAN-2003-0848 Affects: 3AS 3ES 3WS
Comment 1 Ed Bailey 2004-01-21 21:35:04 UTC 
You might want to fix the CVE name in the summary (it should be
'8*4*8)... :-)
Comment 2 Mark J. Cox 2004-01-26 18:58:18 UTC 
An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. 
This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen 
this bug report if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-041.html
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