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Debian Security Advisory DSA 005-1 (slocate)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to slocate announced via advisory DSA 005-1.
Insight
Insight
Michel Kaempf reported a security problem in slocate (a secure version of locate, a tool to quickly locate files on a filesystem) on bugtraq which was originally discovered by zorgon. He discovered there was a bug in the database reading code which made it overwrite a internal structure with some input. He then showed this could be exploited to trick slocate into executing arbitrary code by pointing it to a carefully crafted database. This has been fixed in version 2.4-2potato1 and we recommend that you upgrade your slocate package immediately.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20005-1