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CVE-2003-0056 Detail

Description

Buffer overflow in secure locate (slocate) before 2.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) -c or (2) -r command line argument.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  02/19/2003

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.2 HIGH
Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Provides administrator access
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-009.0.txt
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104342864418213&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104348607205691&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104428624705363&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-041.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-252 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:015
http://www.net-security.org/advisory.php?id=2010
http://www.usg.org.uk/advisories/2003.001.txt Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11369

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11369
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11369

Technical Details

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2003-0056
NVD Published Date:
02/19/2003
NVD Last Modified:
10/10/2017