PT-2005-1074 · Slocate+1 · Slocate+1

Published 2005-08-22 · Updated 2017-10-11 · CVE-2005-2499

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions slocate versions prior to 2.7

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in the updatedb exit and an incomplete slocate database. This can be achieved via a certain crafted directory structure, specifically by exploiting the improper processing of very long paths.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.7, update to version 2.7 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-06672

CVE-2005-2499

RHSA-2005:345

RHSA-2005:346

RHSA-2005_345

RHSA-2005_346

Affected Products

Red Hat

Slocate

References · 14

• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-346.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-345.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2499 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-747.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06672 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014751 · Note
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-747.html · Note
• http://osvdb.org/19034 · Note
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-2499.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22316 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/14640 · Note
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-346.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9538 · Note
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-345.html · Note