Vulnerability in Slocate
CVE-2003-0848
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (60.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Slocate — versions 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-040.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-041.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.ebitech.sk/patrik/SA/SA-20031006-A.txt
- secunia.com/advisories/10720 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/10686 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/10722 (third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/10702 (third-party-advisory)
- www.ebitech.sk/patrik/SA/SA-20031006.txt
- www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-428 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)