CVE-2007-2452

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Heap-based buffer overflow in the visit_old_format function in locate/locate.c in locate in GNU findutils before 4.2.31

Heap-based buffer overflow in the visit_old_format function in locate/locate.c in locate in GNU findutils before 4.2.31 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname in a locate database that has the old format, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1036.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6 EPSS 0.01678

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

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gnu findutilsall versions

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD04 Jun 2007 · 04:30 PM

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10758-1

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083

http://osvdb.org/36827

http://secunia.com/advisories/25477PatchVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/40551

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2760

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470108/100/0/threaded

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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24250Patch

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018183

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2015

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1796

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34628

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