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CVE-2005-2499

Impact:: Low
Public Date:: 2005-08-12

Bugzilla:: 1617730: CVE-2005-2499 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2005-2499 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (slocate)	RHSA-2005:345	2005-09-28
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (slocate)	RHSA-2005:346	2005-10-05
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1	RHSA-2005:747	2005-08-22

Last Modified 2018-08-17T00:23:40+00:00

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