Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53328
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian Security Advisory DSA 252-1 (slocate)
Summary:	Debian Security Advisory DSA 252-1 (slocate)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to slocate announced via advisory DSA 252-1. A problem has been discovered in slocate, a secure locate replacement. A buffer overflow in the setuid program slocate can be used to execute arbitrary code as superuser. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.6-1.3.1. The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected by this problem. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7-1. We recommend that you upgrade your slocate package immediately. Solution: http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20252-1
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 6676 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0056 Bugtraq: 20030124 [USG- SA- 2003.001] USG Security Advisory (slocate) (Google Search) http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104342864418213&w=2 Bugtraq: 20030125 Re: [USG- SA- 2003.001] USG Security Advisory (slocate) (Google Search) http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104348607205691&w=2 http://www.usg.org.uk/advisories/2003.001.txt Caldera Security Advisory: CSSA-2003-009.0 ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-009.0.txt Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2003:643 http://www.net-security.org/advisory.php?id=2010 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:015 Debian Security Information: DSA-252 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-252 Bugtraq: 20030202 GLSA: slocate (Google Search) http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104428624705363&w=2 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2004:041 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-041.html SGI Security Advisory: 20040202-01-U ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11369 http://secunia.com/advisories/7982 http://secunia.com/advisories/8007 http://secunia.com/advisories/8236 http://secunia.com/advisories/10720 http://secunia.com/advisories/7947 http://secunia.com/advisories/8118/ http://secunia.com/advisories/8749
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