CVE-2001-1036
First published: Fri Aug 31 2001(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| GNU findutils | =4.1 | |
| GNU findutils | =4.0 | |
| Slackware Slackware Linux | =8.0 | |
| Slackware Slackware Linux | =7.1 |
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Reference Links
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/description
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/gnu
- canonical/gnu findutils
- version/gnu findutils/4.1
- version/gnu findutils/4.0
- vendor/slackware
- canonical/slackware slackware linux
- version/slackware slackware linux/8.0
- version/slackware slackware linux/7.1