CVE-2003-0848 Information

Description

Heap-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.

Reference

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Workstation/CSSA-2004-001.0/CSSA-2004-001.0.txt ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106546447321274&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106589631819348&w=2 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-040.html http://secunia.com/advisories/10670 http://secunia.com/advisories/10683 http://secunia.com/advisories/10686 http://secunia.com/advisories/10698 http://secunia.com/advisories/10702 http://secunia.com/advisories/10720 http://secunia.com/advisories/10722 http://secunia.com/advisories/9962/ http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-428 http://www.ebitech.sk/patrik/SA/SA-20031006.txt http://www.ebitech.sk/patrik/SA/SA-20031006-A.txt http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:004 http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2004-January/msg00009.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-041.html http://www.trustix.org/errata/misc/2004/TSL-2004-0005-slocate.asc.txt https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11033 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A821