Debian Security Advisory
DSA-252-1 slocate -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 21 Feb 2003
- Affected Packages:
- slocate
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 6676.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2003-0056. - More information:
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A problem has been discovered in slocate, a secure locate replacement. A buffer overflow in the setgid program slocate can be used to execute arbitrary code as group slocate. This can be used to alter the slocate database.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.6-1.3.1.
The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected by this problem.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your slocate package immediately.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.