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.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T04:44:06.643Z
Reserved: 2002-01-31T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2001-1036

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2001-08-31T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2001-1036

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