EUVD-2005-2500

Malware in sbrugna...

security flaw

slocate before 2.7 does not properly process very long paths, which allows local users to cause a denial of service updatedb exit and incomplete slocate database via a certain crafted directory structure...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : slocate (MDKSA-2005:147)

A bug was discovered in the way that slocate processes very long paths. A local user could create a carefully crafted directory structure that would prevent updatedb from completing its filesystem scan, resulting in an incomplete database. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...