CVE-2007-2452

published 2007-06-04

CVE-2007-2452: Heap-based buffer overflow in the visit_old_format function in locate/locate.c in locate in GNU findutils before 4.2.31 might allow context-dependent attackers…

Priority P4 28 medium 6 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC M Au S C P I P A P

Heap-based buffer overflow in the visit_old_format function in locate/locate.c in locate in GNU findutils before 4.2.31 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname in a locate database that has the old format, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1036.

Affected

10 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

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 6.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 7.2 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.2 LOW

vendor_redhat 7.2 HIGH

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