CVE-2007-2452 (GCVE-0-2007-2452)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-06-04 16:00
Modified
2024-08-07 13:42
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_HP
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34628 vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_HP
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2015 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/40551 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://osvdb.org/36827 vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470108/100/0/threaded mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/25477 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2760 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1796 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018183 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24250 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
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