CVE-2003-0848
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 1.0%
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.
- CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 0.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 62nd percentile
- Published
- 2003-10-09
- Updated
- 2024-08-08
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
ExploitDB entries (1)
Security advisories
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-428
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:004
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-041.html