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Package name slocate
Date August 22nd, 2005
Advisory ID MDKSA-2005:147
Affected versions 10.0, 10.1, CS2.1, CS3.0, 10.2
Synopsis Updated slocate packages fix vulnerability

Problem Description

A bug was discovered in the way that slocate processes very long paths.
A local user could create a carefully crafted directory structure that
would prevent updatedb from completing its filesystem scan, resulting
in an incomplete database.

Updated Packages

Mandrakelinux 10.0

 8b492b8674dcd11652f28b267f314f89  10.0/RPMS/slocate-2.7-4.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
752863ae586d26b93bc4833967d4c5cd  10.0/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-4.1.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64

 abd885edd206419961702efee3b76f16  amd64/10.0/RPMS/slocate-2.7-4.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
752863ae586d26b93bc4833967d4c5cd  amd64/10.0/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-4.1.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1

 c5eb5da64a9500f2917467380ec2016b  10.1/RPMS/slocate-2.7-4.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
734eb05ad18bd9c4955a29574b2bebd0  10.1/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-4.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64

 2d7791f13424975932551dc9e83bfceb  x86_64/10.1/RPMS/slocate-2.7-4.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
734eb05ad18bd9c4955a29574b2bebd0  x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-4.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1

 57e13aee8eb5547443b1d6df1897a5a4  corporate/2.1/RPMS/slocate-2.7-2.2.C21mdk.i586.rpm
e827615678546ce552ddea3784ea7651  corporate/2.1/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-2.2.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/X86_64

 be3dab7dac13c4a873296f9f81d8c893  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/slocate-2.7-2.2.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
e827615678546ce552ddea3784ea7651  x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-2.2.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 3.0

 6410921b0027b5fbfd6357934eb8283e  corporate/3.0/RPMS/slocate-2.7-4.1.C30mdk.i586.rpm
cfd5b24994f7c16a10e0fbafd86f8e47  corporate/3.0/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-4.1.C30mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 3.0/X86_64

 0cfb14d70b0fd89f49e5ed9b42d98782  x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/slocate-2.7-4.1.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
cfd5b24994f7c16a10e0fbafd86f8e47  x86_64/corporate/3.0/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-4.1.C30mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux LE2005

 fd8bf38e59bb05eea611de5b2ae70255  10.2/RPMS/slocate-2.7-4.1.102mdk.i586.rpm
37c7654356b72327dd028e2ce3b1e9f0  10.2/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-4.1.102mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux LE2005/X86_64

 8344b2bece3dca3cac1d3afbe5774936  x86_64/10.2/RPMS/slocate-2.7-4.1.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
37c7654356b72327dd028e2ce3b1e9f0  x86_64/10.2/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-4.1.102mdk.src.rpm

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2499

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