Debian DSA-252-1 : slocate - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 15089

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

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.

Solution

Upgrade the slocate package immediately.

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.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-252

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15089

File Name: debian_DSA-252.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:slocate, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0056

BID: 6676

DSA: 252