Vulnerability CVE-2001-1036


Published: 2001-08-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Slackware -> Slackware linux 
GNU -> Findutils 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200991
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3127
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6932

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