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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:44:06.643Z

Reserved: 2002-01-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2001-1036

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-08-31T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:36:43.167

Link: CVE-2001-1036

cve-icon Redhat

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