CVE-2007-2452

Severity

60%

Complexity

68%

Confidentiality

106%

Heap-based buffer overflow in the visit_old_format function in locate/locate.c in locate in GNU findutils before 4.2.31 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname in a locate database that has the old format, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1036.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the visit_old_format function in locate/locate.c in locate in GNU findutils before 4.2.31 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname in a locate database that has the old format, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1036.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

GNU findutils

First reported 17 years ago

2007-06-04 16:30:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-16 16:44:00

Affected Software

GNU findutils 4.0

4.0

GNU findutils 4.1

4.1

GNU findutils 4.2.28

4.2.28

GNU findutils 4.2.29

4.2.29

GNU findutils 4.2.30

4.2.30

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