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CVE-2003-0848 Details

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in main.c of slocate 2.6, and possibly other versions, may allow local users to gain privileges via a modified slocate database that causes a negative "pathlen" value to be used.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Workstation/CSSA-2004-001.0/CSSA-2004-001.0.txt	CVE
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc	CVE
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106546447321274&w=2	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106589631819348&w=2	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-040.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/10670	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/10683	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/10686	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/10698	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/10702	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/10720	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/10722	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/9962/	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11033	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A821	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-428	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.ebitech.sk/patrik/SA/SA-20031006-A.txt	CVE
http://www.ebitech.sk/patrik/SA/SA-20031006.txt	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:004	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2004-January/msg00009.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-041.html	CVE
http://www.trustix.org/errata/misc/2004/TSL-2004-0005-slocate.asc.txt	CVE
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Workstation/CSSA-2004-001.0/CSSA-2004-001.0.txt	[email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc	[email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106546447321274&w=2	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106589631819348&w=2	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-040.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/10670	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/10683	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/10686	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/10698	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/10702	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/10720	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/10722	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/9962/	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11033	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A821	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-428	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.ebitech.sk/patrik/SA/SA-20031006-A.txt	[email protected]
http://www.ebitech.sk/patrik/SA/SA-20031006.txt	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:004	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2004-January/msg00009.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-041.html	[email protected]
http://www.trustix.org/errata/misc/2004/TSL-2004-0005-slocate.asc.txt	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
slocate slocate	2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.6:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]