CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-2499

2.1 LOW Published 2005-08-23 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-08-23
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

slocate before 2.7 does not properly process very long paths, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (updatedb exit and incomplete slocate database) via a certain crafted directory structure.

Affected configurations

• slocate slocate 2.1 • slocate slocate 2.2 • slocate slocate 2.3 • slocate slocate 2.4 • slocate slocate 2.5 • slocate slocate 2.6

References