4.6
CVSSv2

CVE-2003-0848

Published: 17/11/2003 Updated: 11/10/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.6 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 465
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in main.c of slocate 2.6, and possibly other versions, may allow local users to gain privileges via a modified slocate database that causes a negative "pathlen" value to be used.

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slocate slocate 2.1

slocate slocate 2.4

slocate slocate 2.5

slocate slocate 2.6

slocate slocate 2.2

slocate slocate 2.3

Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/8780/info It has been reported that a local off-by-one heap overflow exists in the handling of user-supplied databases by slocate Because of this, an attacker may be able to gain elevated privileges #include <stdioh> #define CODEDPATH 0x0805**20 #define DATABASE 0x4002**08 #define JUMP_BY ...