CVE-2005-2499 Information

Description

slocate before 2.7 does not properly process very long paths which allows local users to cause a denial of service (updatedb exit and incomplete slocate database) via a certain crafted directory structure.

Reference

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014751 http://www.osvdb.org/19034 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-345.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-346.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-747.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14640 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22316 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9538