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CVE-2007-2452

CVE information

Published

16 years ago

Last Modified

5 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

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

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6/10
Exploit Score
6.8/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
Single
Impact Score
6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -