GNU Findutils release 4.2.31 fixes CVE-2007-2452 (GNU locate heap buffer overrun)

$Revision: 1.4 $; $Date: 2007/05/30 22:04:52 $ I. BACKGROUND ============= GNU findutils is a set of programs which search for files on Unix-like systems. It is maintained by the GNU Project of the Free Software Foundation. For more information, see http://www.gnu.org/software/findutils. II...

GNU findutils locate buffer overflow

Heap buffer overflow on parsing old-format locate database...

CVE-2001-1036

The connected records show a concrete vulnerability in GNU findutils locate prior to version 4.2.31. The flaw is a heap-based buffer overflow in the visit_old_format function (locate/locate.c) that can be triggered by a long pathname stored in a locate database using the old format, potentially a...

CVE-2001-1036

GNU locate in findutils 4.1 on Slackware 7.1 and 8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via an old formatted filename database locatedb that contains an entry with an out-of-range offset, which causes locate to write to arbitrary process memory...

ftpd.locate.findutils.txt

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 11:07:20 +0300 From: Sergey V. Kolychev To: [email protected] Subject: Buffer overflow in ftpd and locate bug Hi. I had problem with locate from findutils-4.1.24.rpm from Redhat-5.1 It segfaults if we have huge directory at incoming ftp which created by exploits for ftpd...