Gnu: >> Findutils Security Vulnerabilities
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.
CVSS Score
6.0
EPSS Score
0.015
Published
2007-06-04
GNU locate in findutils 4.1 on Slackware 7.1 and 8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via an old formatted filename database (locatedb) that contains an entry with an out-of-range offset, which causes locate to write to arbitrary process memory.
CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2001-08-31