CVE-2001-1036

published 2001-08-31

CVE-2001-1036: 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…

Priority P4 28 high 7.2 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C C I C A C

EXPLOIT

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.

Affected

12 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	findutils	< findutils 4.2.31-1 (bookworm)	findutils 4.2.31-1 (bookworm)
gnu	findutils	—	—
gnu	findutils	—	—
gnu	findutils	—	—
gnu	findutils	—	—
gnu	findutils	—	—
gnu	findutils	>= 0 < 4.2.31-1	4.2.31-1
gnu	findutils	>= 0 < 4.2.31-1	4.2.31-1
gnu	findutils	>= 0 < 4.2.31-1	4.2.31-1
gnu	findutils	>= 0 < 4.2.31-1	4.2.31-1
slackware	slackware_linux	—	—
slackware	slackware_linux	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 7.2 HIGH AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv 7.2 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.2 LOW

vendor_redhat 7.2 HIGH

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