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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2001-1017 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:

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

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

Link: CVE-2001-1036

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2001-1036

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