Vulnerability in Slocate
CVE-2007-0227
slocate 3.1 does not properly manage database entries that specify names of files in protected directories, which allows local users to obtain the names of private files. NOTE: another researcher reports that the issue is not present in slocate 2.7.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (76.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Slocate — versions 3.1
References
- osvdb.org/33465 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456739/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21989 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456530/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456489/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456593/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464220/30/7320/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-425-1 (vendor-advisory)