CVE-2007-2452

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2007-2452 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. Red Hat did not ship GNU locate in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5. This issue does not affect the mlocate or slocate packages that are supplied with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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