CVE-2007-2452

Publication date 4 June 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

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.

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Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
findutils 11.04 natty
Fixed 4.2.31-1
10.10 maverick
Fixed 4.2.31-1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 4.2.31-1
9.10 karmic
Fixed 4.2.31-1
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 4.2.31-1
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 4.2.31-1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 4.2.31-1
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 4.2.31-1
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.10 edgy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

Notes

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slocate runs instead of the findutils, and this would require an root-user-owned-db attack or similar.