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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50679
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2003:015 (slocate)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to slocate
announced via advisory MDKSA-2003:015.

A buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in slocate by team USG.
The overflow appears when slocate is used with the -c and -r
parameters, using a 1024 (or 10240) byte string. This has been
corrected in slocate version 2.7.

Affected versions: 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2003:015
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0056
http://www.usg.org.uk/advisories/2003.001.txt

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.2

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.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104342864418213&w=2
Bugtraq: 20030125 Re: [USG- SA- 2003.001] USG Security Advisory (slocate) (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104348607205691&w=2
Bugtraq: 20030202 GLSA: slocate (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104428624705363&w=2
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
Debian Security Information: DSA-252 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-252
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:015
http://www.usg.org.uk/advisories/2003.001.txt
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11369
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2004:041
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-041.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/10720
http://secunia.com/advisories/7947
http://secunia.com/advisories/7982
http://secunia.com/advisories/8007
http://secunia.com/advisories/8118/
http://secunia.com/advisories/8236
http://secunia.com/advisories/8749
SGI Security Advisory: 20040202-01-U
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc
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