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CVSSv2

CVE-2007-2452

Published: 04/06/2007 Updated: 16/10/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 6.8
VMScore: 534
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

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

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Debian Bug report logs - #426862 CVE-2007-2452 -- heap overflow in locate Package: findutils; Maintainer for findutils is Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debianorg>; Source for findutils is src:findutils (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Florian Weimer <fw@denebenyode> Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 11:15:07 UTC Severity: imp ...