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CVE-2003-0848

CVE-2003-0848

23Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendepss 1.0%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDOct 9
1st PoCOct 6
exploitation probability
1.0%top 40% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
Heap-based buffer overflow in main.c of slocate 2.6, and possibly other versions, may allow local users to gain privileges via a modified slocate database that causes a negative "pathlen" value to be used.
Affected products
n/a · n/a
public PoCs found — 1✓ VexDay Proof
exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/23228
⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Workstation/CSSA-2004-001.0/CSSA-2004-001.0.txtftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.ascftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.aschttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106546447321274&w=2http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106589631819348&w=2http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-040.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/10670http://secunia.com/advisories/10683http://secunia.com/advisories/10686http://secunia.com/advisories/10698http://secunia.com/advisories/10702http://secunia.com/advisories/10720