Published: 13/01/2007 Updated: 16/10/2018

CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10

VMScore: 445

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

slocate 3.1 does not properly manage database entries that specify names of files in protected directories, which allows local users to obtain the names of private files. NOTE: another researcher reports that the issue is not present in slocate 2.7.

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slocate slocate 3.1

A flaw was discovered in the permission checking code of slocate When reporting matching files, locate would not correctly respect the parent directory’s “read” bits This could result in filenames being displayed when the file owner had expected them to remain hidden from other system users ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456593/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21989 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-425-1 http://osvdb.org/33465 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464220/30/7320/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456739/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456530/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456489/100/0/threaded https://usn.ubuntu.com/425-1/https://nvd.nist.gov

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