slocate up to 2.6 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in slocate up to 2.6 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2499. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in slocate up to 2.6. Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 08/22/2005. The weakness was published 08/23/2005 with Mandriva (Website). The advisory is shared for download at redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-2499 since 08/08/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21808 (CentOS 3 : slocate (CESA-2005:345)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117873 (CentOS Security Update for Slocate (CESA-2005:747)).

Upgrading to version 2.7 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22316), Tenable (21808), SecurityFocus (BID 14640†), OSVDB (19034†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1014751†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 21808
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 : slocate (CESA-2005:345)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: slocate 2.7

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03/11/2015 +3173 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Organization: Mandriva
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-2499 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2499
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26100

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X-Force: 22316
SecurityFocus: 14640 - SLocate Local Database Corruption Vulnerability
OSVDB: 19034 - slocate Crafted Long Directory Structure DoS
SecurityTracker: 1014751
Vulnerability Center: 8995 - Slocate <2.7 Local Database Corruption, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/30/2025 04:38
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (72), 06/08/2019 14:55 (6), 06/30/2025 04:38 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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