CVE-2007-2452 Information

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the visit_old_format function in locate/locate.c in locate in GNU findutils before 4.2.31 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname in a locate database that has the old format a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1036.

Reference

http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083 http://osvdb.org/36827 http://secunia.com/advisories/25477 http://secunia.com/advisories/40551 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2760 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470108/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24250 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018183 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2015 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1796 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34628