slocate file search utility DoS

updatedb fails to handle long directory paths...

CVE-2005-2499: Undefined Security Weakness

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...

CVE-1999-1095

The CVE-1999-1095 entry concerns the sort utility. It describes that sort creates temporary files and follows symbolic links, enabling a local user to modify arbitrary files writable by the user running sort. This impact is observed in updatedb and other programs that invoke sort. The documents d...

CVE-1999-1095: Undefined Security Weakness

sort creates temporary files and follows symbolic links, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files that are writable by the user running sort, as observed in updatedb and other programs that use sort...