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CVE-2003-0056

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Description

Buffer overflow in secure locate (slocate) before 2.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) -c or (2) -r command line argument.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11369

http://www.usg.org.uk/advisories/2003.001.txt

http://www.net-security.org/advisory.php?id=2010

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:015

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/8749

http://secunia.com/advisories/8236

http://secunia.com/advisories/8118/

http://secunia.com/advisories/8007

http://secunia.com/advisories/7982

http://secunia.com/advisories/7947

http://secunia.com/advisories/10720

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-041.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104428624705363&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104348607205691&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104342864418213&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-02-19

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00211

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