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CVE-2001-1036

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Published: Aug 31, 2001Modified: Apr 16, 2026

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7.2
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 10.0
Source: NVD

Description

GNU locate in findutils 4.1 on Slackware 7.1 and 8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via an old formatted filename database (locatedb) that contains an entry with an out-of-range offset, which causes locate to write to arbitrary process memory.

Affected (4)

Gnu
1 product
Findutils
Slackware
1 product
Slackware Linux
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Gnu
Findutils
Version 4.0
Findutils
Version 4.1
Configuration B
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Slackware
Slackware Linux
Version 7.1
Slackware Linux
Version 8.0

References (8)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
ExploitVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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